Empty 'catch' block

Reports empty catch blocks. While occasionally intended, empty catch blocks can make debugging extremely difficult.

Example:

try {
  throw new Exception()
}
catch (Exception e) {
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

try {
  throw new Exception()
}
catch (Exception ignored) {
}

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Comments count as content	Checkbox	true
Ignore when catch parameter is named ignore or ignored	Checkbox	true

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023