Catching Throwable errors is not recommended since its scope is very broad. It includes runtime issues such as OutOfMemoryError that should be exposed and managed separately. AvoidCatchingThrowable (Priority: 1, Ruleset: Error Prone) https://docs.pmd-code.org/snapshot/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#avoidcatchingthrowable

Empty Catch Block finds instances where an exception is caught, but nothing is done. In most circumstances, this swallows an exception which should either be acted on or reported. EmptyCatchBlock (Priority: 1, Ruleset: Error Prone) https://docs.pmd-code.org/snapshot/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#emptycatchblock

Empty Catch Block finds instances where an exception is caught, but nothing is done. In most circumstances, this swallows an exception which should either be acted on or reported. EmptyCatchBlock (Priority: 1, Ruleset: Error Prone) https://docs.pmd-code.org/snapshot/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#emptycatchblock

Ensure that resources (like `java.sql.Connection`, `java.sql.Statement`, and `java.sql.ResultSet` objects and any subtype of `java.lang.AutoCloseable`) are always closed after use. Failing to do so might result in resource leaks. Note: It suffices to configure the super type, e.g. `java.lang.AutoCloseable`, so that this rule automatically triggers on any subtype (e.g. `java.io.FileInputStream`). Additionally specifying `java.sql.Connection` helps in detecting the types, if the type resolution / auxclasspath is not correctly setup. Note: Since PMD 6.16.0 the default value for the property `types` contains `java.lang.AutoCloseable` and detects now cases where the standard `java.io.*Stream` classes are involved. In order to restore the old behaviour, just remove "AutoCloseable" from the types. CloseResource (Priority: 1, Ruleset: Error Prone) https://docs.pmd-code.org/snapshot/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#closeresource

Reports classes that may be made final because they cannot be extended from outside their compilation unit anyway. This is because all their constructors are private, so a subclass could not call the super constructor. ClassWithOnlyPrivateConstructorsShouldBeFinal (Priority: 1, Ruleset: Design) https://docs.pmd-code.org/snapshot/pmd_rules_java_design.html#classwithonlyprivateconstructorsshouldbefinal