Empty 'finally' block

Reports empty finally blocks.

Empty finally blocks usually indicate coding errors. They may also remain after code refactoring and can safely be removed.

This inspection doesn't report empty finally blocks found in JSP files.

Example:

  try {
    Files.readString(Paths.get("in.txt"));
  } catch (IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
  } finally {

  }

After the quick-fix is applied:

  try {
    Files.readString(Paths.get("in.txt"));
  } catch (IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
  }

Locating this inspection

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EmptyFinallyBlock

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Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 243.26483

01 April 2025