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Exception constructor called without arguments

Reports creation of a exception instance without any arguments specified.

When an exception is constructed without any arguments, it contains no information about the problem that occurred, which makes debugging needlessly hard.

Example:

throw new IOException(); // warning: exception without arguments

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.

NewExceptionWithoutArguments
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 | Java | Error handling

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Exception constructor called without arguments inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignored exceptions

Empty

Availability

By default bundled with

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

Java, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024