显示使用自定义注释注释的方法/构造函数的警告？

Question

I've got an application that uses an ORM solution that requires the default constructor to be left in the class. To prevent my accidental usage of this default constructor, I would like to highlight any usages of it with warning.

I'm currently annotating it with a custom annotation like "@DoNotUse" but I can't figure out how to get Intellij to mark its usages with a warning.

I don't believe structural search inspections can solve this problem.

Is my only hope a plugin now?

EDIT: Since someone obviously didn't read the question, I am not looking for a reason why @Deprecated is causing a statement in my code to be marked with a warning, I'm looking for a way to replicate this effect with other custom annotations.

Answer 1

Actually, this is possible using Structural Search. However it requires knowledge of the internals of IntelliJ IDEA, so it's hard to figure out.

Use the following pattern:

new $Constructor$();

Click Edit Variables... and set the Script Text of Constructor to:

import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationUtil
def method = __context__.parent.resolveMethod()
AnnotationUtil.findAnnotation(method, "fully.qualified.annotation.DoNotUse") != null

This should find all invocations of default constructors where the constructor is annotated with fully.qualified.annotation.DoNotUse . After you get it working, create a Structural Search inspection with the pattern.