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Replace catch(Exception) with specific declared exceptions thrown in the try block

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.staticanalysis.OnlyCatchDeclaredExceptions
Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis

Replaces catch(Exception e) blocks with a multi-catch block (catch (SpecificException1 | SpecificException2 e)) containing only the exceptions declared thrown by method or constructor invocations within the try block that are not already caught by more specific catch clauses. Catching a broad Exception type can unintentionally swallow runtime exceptions that indicate programming errors, making bugs harder to detect and diagnose.

Single recipeRSPEC-S2221CWE-396MSAL

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration options. You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.OnlyCatchDeclaredExceptions

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:2.40.0

Data tables

Structured output this recipe can produce.

  • Source files that had resultsSource files that were modified by the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
  • Source files that had search resultsSearch results that were found during the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SearchResults
  • Source files that errored on a recipeThe details of all errors produced by a recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors
  • Recipe performanceStatistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats