'throw' caught by containing 'try' statement

Reports throw statements whose exceptions are always caught by containing try statements.

Using throw statements as a "goto" to change the local flow of control is confusing and results in poor performance.

Example:

try {
  if (!Files.isDirectory(PROJECTS)) {
      throw new IllegalStateException("Directory not found."); // warning: 'throw' caught by containing 'try' statement
  }
  ...
} catch (Exception e) {
    LOG.error("run failed");
}

Use the Ignore rethrown exceptions option to ignore exceptions that are rethrown.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Ignore rethrown exceptions	Checkbox	false

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023