#1337 False positive "Avoid throwing raw exception types" when exception is not thrown

pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/strictexception.xml

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Exception, or Error, use a subclassed exception or error instead.
       <property name="xpath">
         <value>
             <![CDATA[
-//AllocationExpression
+//ThrowStatement//AllocationExpression
  /ClassOrInterfaceType[
  (@Image='Throwable' and count(//ImportDeclaration/Name[ends-with(@Image,'Throwable')]) = 0)
 or

pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/strictexception/xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes.xml

@@ -40,4 +40,17 @@ public class PmdTest {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1337: False positive "Avoid throwing raw exception types" when exception is not thrown</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class PmdTest {
+    private Throwable cause;
+
+    public void setUp() {
+        cause = new Throwable();
+    }
+}
+]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>

src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 *   [#1332](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1332/): False Positive: UnusedPrivateMethod
 *   [#1333](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1333/): Error while processing Java file with Lambda expressions
+*   [#1337](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1337/): False positive "Avoid throwing raw exception types" when exception is not thrown
 *   [#1338](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1338/): The pmd-java8 POM bears the wrong parent module version
 
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