rspec/rules/S1130/java/rule.adoc

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== Why is this an issue?
An exception in a ``++throws++`` declaration in Java is superfluous if it is:
* listed multiple times
* a subclass of another listed exception
* completely unnecessary because the declared exception type cannot actually be thrown
=== Noncompliant code example
[source,java]
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void foo() throws MyException, MyException {} // Noncompliant; should be listed once
void bar() throws Throwable, Exception {} // Noncompliant; Exception is a subclass of Throwable
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=== Compliant solution
[source,java]
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void foo() throws MyException {}
void bar() throws Throwable {}
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=== Exceptions
The rule will not raise any issue for exceptions that cannot be thrown from the method body:
* in overriding and implementation methods
* in interface ``++default++`` methods
* in non-private methods that only ``++throw++``, have empty bodies, or a single return statement.
* in overridable methods (non-final, or not member of a final class, non-static, non-private), if the exception is documented with a proper JavaDoc
Also, the rule won't raise issues on ``++RuntimeException++``, or one of its descendants, because explicating runtime exceptions which could be thrown can ultimately help the method's users, and can even be considered as good practice.
----
class A extends B {
@Override
void doSomething() throws IOException {
compute(a);
}
public void foo() throws IOException {}
public void qix() throws MyRuntimeException {}
protected void bar() throws IOException {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method should be implemented in subclasses");
}
Object foobar(String s) throws IOException {
return null;
}
/**
* @throws IOException Overriding classes may throw this exception if they print values into a file
*/
protected void print() throws IOException { // no issue, method is overridable and the exception has proper javadoc
System.out.println("foo");
}
}
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