How to find all methods overriding superclass/interface methods without @Override annotation?

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It's clear that having @Override annotation on overriding methods is a good practice. Is there an automatic way of finding all methods that miss the @Override annotation in a project? A script, search technique in any IDE would help

Take a look at this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/224945/add-warning-for-missing-override-annotation-for-interface-implementation-in-ecli — Luciano Fiandesio, Feb 11 '11 at 09:27
You could always write a tool to manually inspect the .class files. :-) — templatetypedef, Feb 11 '11 at 09:27

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '11 at 09:26

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Eclipse shows warnings if you are missing @Override. You can go to:

Window > Preferences > Java > Compiler > Errors/Warnings > Annotations

You can choose to have warning or even error for "Missing @Override annotation".

answered Feb 11 '11 at 09:26

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Boris Pavlović · Answer 2 · 2016-03-03T12:54:55.140

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In IntelliJ IDEA open Settings CtrlAltS in Inspections open Class Structure -> 'Missing @Override annotation'

For version 15.0.3 and newer: Editor > Inspections > Java > Inheritance Issues > Missing @ Override (via @skubski)

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answered Feb 11 '11 at 09:41

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This now is under Editor > Inspections > Java > Inheritance Issues > Missing @ Override (Using IJ 15.0.3) – skubski Mar 03 '16 at 12:49

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:32

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In Netbeans, right click the project, select Inspect and Transform, select "Add @Override Annotation" from the Single Inspection combo-box, hit Inspect, then Refactor.

answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:32

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How to find all methods overriding superclass/interface methods without @Override annotation?

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