== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
public void doTheThing() {
  try {
    // ...
  catch (IOException e) {  // Noncompliant
  }
}
----

=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
----
public void doTheThing() throws IOException {
  // ...
}
----
or

[source,java]
----
public void doTheThing() {
  try {
    // ...
  catch (IOException e) {
    LOGGER.info(e);
  }
}
----
or

[source,java]
----
public void doTheThing() {
  try {
    // ...
  catch (IOException e) {
    // comment explaining why taking no action is appropriate
  }
}
----

=== Exceptions

When a block contains a comment, it is not considered to be empty.

include::../see.adoc[]

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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Handle this exception or don't catch it at all.


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== Comments And Links
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