Details
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Sub-task
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Status: Closed
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Minor
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Resolution: Implemented
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Trunk
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None
Description
ThreadPool.java:135, REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION
REC: Exception is caught when Exception is not thrown in new org.apache.ofbiz.service.config.model.ThreadPool(Element)
This method uses a try-catch block that catches Exception objects, but Exception is not thrown within the try block, and RuntimeException is not explicitly caught. It is a common bug pattern to say try
{ ... }catch (Exception e)
{ something }as a shorthand for catching a number of types of exception each of whose catch blocks is identical, but this construct also accidentally catches RuntimeException as well, masking potential bugs.
A better approach is to either explicitly catch the specific exceptions that are thrown, or to explicitly catch RuntimeException exception, rethrow it, and then catch all non-Runtime Exceptions, as shown below:
try
{ ... }catch (RuntimeException e)
{ throw e; }catch (Exception e)
{ ... deal with all non-runtime exceptions ... }