Prohibited exception declared
Reports methods that declare an inappropriate exception in their throws clause. For example an exception can be inappropriate because it is overly generic, such as java.lang.Exception or java.lang.Throwable.
Example:
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.
ProhibitedExceptionDeclared- 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.
Configure the inspection:
Use the Prohibited exceptions list to specify which exceptions should be reported.
Use the Ignore exceptions declared on methods overriding a library method option to ignore exceptions declared by methods that override a library method.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Prohibited exception declared inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Prohibited exceptions
Default value:
[java.lang.Throwable, java.lang.Exception, java.lang.Error, java.lang.RuntimeException, java.lang.NullPointerException, java.lang.ClassCastException, java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException]- Ignore exceptions declared on methods overriding a library method
Default value:
Not 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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