OverriddenMethodCallDuringObjectConstruction

Reports any calls to overridden methods of the current class during object construction. This happens if an object construction is inside:

• A constructor
• A non-static instance initializer
• A non-static field initializer
• clone()
• readObject()
• readObjectNoData()

Such calls may result in subtle bugs, as the object is not guaranteed to be initialized before the method call occurs.

Example:

abstract class Parent {
    void someMethod() { }
  }

  class Child extends Parent {
    Child() {
      someMethod();
    }

    @Override
    void someMethod() { }
  }

This inspection shares its functionality with:

• The Abstract method called during object construction inspection
• The Overridable method called during object construction inspection

Only one inspection should be enabled at the same time to prevent duplicate warnings.