'catch' block may ignore exception
Reports catch blocks that are empty or may ignore an exception.
While occasionally intended, empty catch blocks may complicate debugging. Also, ignoring a catch parameter might be wrong.
The inspection won't report any catch parameters named ignore, ignored, or _.
You can use the quick-fix to change the exception name to _.
Example:
After the quick-fix is applied:
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.
-CatchMayIgnoreException- 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 Do not warn when 'catch' block contains a comment option to ignore catch blocks with comments.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the 'catch' block may ignore exception inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Do not warn when 'catch' block contains a comment
Default value:
Selected
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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