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New and noteworthy

New Rules

• The new Java rule {% rule "java/design/AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures" %} (java-design) finds methods or constructors that declare unchecked exceptions in their throws clause. This forces the caller to handle the exception, even though it is a runtime exception.

Fixed Issues

• java-design
  • #1692: [java] Add rule to avoid declaration of throwing unchecked exception

API Changes

External Contributions

• #1704: [java] Added AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures Rule - Bhanu Prakash Pamidi

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