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AvoidCatchingGenericException

AvoidCatchingGenericException

Avoid catching generic exceptions such as NullPointerException, RuntimeException, Exception in try-catch block


      
        //CatchStatement/FormalParameter/Type/ReferenceType/ClassOrInterfaceType[
          @Image='NullPointerException' or
          @Image='Exception' or
          @Image='RuntimeException']
      

Example(s):


    
package com.igate.primitive;
    
public class PrimitiveType {
    
  public void downCastPrimitiveType() {
    try {
      System.out.println(" i [" + i + "]");
    } catch(Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    } catch(RuntimeException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    } catch(NullPointerException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  } 
}