Prohibited 'Exception' caught
Reports catch clauses that catch an inappropriate exception.
Some exceptions, for example java.lang.NullPointerException or java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException, represent programming errors and therefore almost certainly should not be caught in production code.
Example:
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.
ProhibitedExceptionCaught- 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.
Use the Prohibited exceptions list to specify which exceptions should be reported.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Prohibited 'Exception' caught inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Prohibited exceptions
Default value:
[java.lang.NullPointerException, java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException, java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException, java.util.ConcurrentModificationException]
Suppressing Inspection
You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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