Try-catch: is this acceptable practice?

Question

We have received Java code from a software supplier. It contains a lot of try-catch blocks with nothing in the catch part. They\'re all over the pl

Answer 1

What did your contract with the supplier specify? If what they wrote, bad practice and all, meets the spec then they will charge you for a rewrite.

Better to specify a set of tests that will enter many or all of those try-catch blocks and hence fail. If the tests fail you have a better argument to make them fix their terrible code.