openide/plugins/devkit/intellij.kotlin.devkit/resources/inspectionDescriptions/KotlinObjectExtensionRegistration.html

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Reports extensions which are instantiated by the IntelliJ Platform, but are declared as Kotlin objects.
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  Extensions lifecycle is managed by the IntelliJ Platform.
  Using Kotlin objects for extension registration may cause creation of unnecessary extension instances and make plugin unloading
  impossible.
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<h2>Example</h2>
<p>Extension registration:</p>
<pre><code lang="xml">
&lt;annotator language="myLang" implementationClass="com.example.MyAnnotator"/&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Extension implementation:</p>
<pre><code lang="kotlin">
// bad:
object MyAnnotator : Annotator {
  ...
}

// good:
class MyAnnotator : Annotator {
  ...
}
</code></pre>

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<p><small>New in 2023.1</small>
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