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This noncompliant code example falls under ERR08-J-EX0 of ERR08-J. Do not catch NullPointerException or any of its ancestors because it catches general exceptions but rethrows them.
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Exceptions are used to handle exceptional conditions. If an exception is not caught, the program thread will be terminated, which may cause the program to exit. An exception that is incorrectly caught or is caught at the wrong level of recovery will often cause incorrect behavior.
Automated Detection
| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasoft Jtest |
| CERT.ERR51.NCE | Do not catch exception types which are too general or are unchecked exceptions | ||||||
| SonarQube |
| S1193 |
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