Do not catch NullPointerException

#Metadata

Rule ID

java.correctness.catch-null-pointer

Severity

low

Confidence

0.88

Languages

java

Presets

strict

Stability

stable

Applies to

block

Tags

correctness, java, rules-catalog

#Why it matters

Catching NPE masks bugs that should be fixed at the source.

#Remediation

Add null checks or Optional handling at the source of the failure.

#Repository path

The generated metadata points to critiq-rules/libs/rules/catalog/rules/java/java.correctness.catch-null-pointer.rule.yaml.