AvoidCatchingThrowable

This is dangerous because it casts too wide a net; it can catch things like OutOfMemoryError.

This rule is defined by the following Java class: net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.strictexception.AvoidCatchingThrowable

Example:

                
                
public class Foo {
 public void bar() {
  try {
   // do something
  } catch (Throwable th) {  //Should not catch throwable
   th.printStackTrace();
  }
 }
}