Prohibited exception thrown

Reports throw statements that throw an inappropriate exception. For example an exception can be inappropriate because it is overly generic, such as java.lang.Exception or java.io.IOException.

Example:

void setup(Mode mode) {
    if (mode == null)
        throw new RuntimeException("Problem during setup"); // warning: Prohibited exception 'RuntimeException' thrown
    ...
}

Use the Prohibited exceptions list to specify which exceptions should be reported.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Prohibited exceptions	StringList	[java.lang.Throwable, java.lang.Exception, java.lang.Error, java.lang.RuntimeException, java.lang.NullPointerException, java.lang.ClassCastException, java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException]

Inspection Details
Available in:	IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3
Plugin:	Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023