Creating a new Throwable without actually throwing or binding it is useless and is probably due to a mistake.
Apply with the Grit CLI
grit apply no_unthrown_exceptions
Throws unthrown exception
BEFORE
class BadClass { public String doSomething(int x) { if (x < 0) { new IllegalArgumentException("x must be nonnegative"); } if (x > 100) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must be less than 100"); } IllegalArgumentException saveIt = new IllegalArgumentException("Don't correct this"); new NotAThrowable(); return "some-string"; } }
AFTER
class BadClass { public String doSomething(int x) { if (x < 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must be nonnegative"); } if (x > 100) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must be less than 100"); } IllegalArgumentException saveIt = new IllegalArgumentException("Don't correct this"); new NotAThrowable(); return "some-string"; } }