Simplifiable service retrieving

Reports service getting calls that can be replaced with a calls to an existing static getInstance() or getInstance(Project) methods.

Example (Java):

@Service
public class MyAppService {
  public static MyAppService getInstance() {
    return ApplicationManager.getApplication().getService(MyAppService.class);
  }
}

@Service(Service.Level.PROJECT)
public class MyProjectService {
  public static MyProjectService getInstance(Project project) {
    return project.getService(MyProjectService.class);
  }
}

// Bad:
MyAppService applicationService = ApplicationManager.getApplication().getService(MyAppService.class);
MyProjectService projectService = project.getService(MyProjectService.class);

// Good:
MyAppService applicationService = MyAppService.getInstance();
MyProjectService projectService = MyProjectService.getInstance(project);

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

SimplifiableServiceRetrieving

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Plugin DevKit | Code

New in 2023.2

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection SimplifiableServiceRetrieving

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025