Do not use empty catch blocks

#Metadata

Rule ID

java.correctness.empty-catch

Severity

medium

Confidence

0.88

Languages

java

Presets

strict

Stability

stable

Applies to

block

Tags

correctness, java, rules-catalog

#Why it matters

Empty catches hide failures and make debugging difficult.

#Remediation

Log, recover, or rethrow the exception with context.

#Repository path

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