Multiple exceptions declared on test method

Reports JUnit test method throws clauses with more than one exception. Such clauses are unnecessarily verbose. Test methods will not be called from other project code, so there is no need to handle these exceptions separately.

For example:

  @Test
  public void testReflection() throws NoSuchMethodException,
      InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
    String result = (String) String.class.getMethod("trim")
        .invoke(" hello ");
    assertEquals("hello", result);
  }

A quick fix is provided to replace the exception declarations with a single exception:

  @Test
  public void testReflection() throws Exception {
    String result = (String) String.class.getMethod("trim")
        .invoke(" hello ");
    assertEquals("hello", result);
  }

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.

MultipleExceptionsDeclaredOnTestMethod

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.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JUnit

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:

//noinspection MultipleExceptionsDeclaredOnTestMethod

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025