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Relativity's document processing service redacts flagged text from legal documents before they're produced to opposing counsel. Below is a review class one of your engineers submitted for the redaction batch job. How would you improve this piece of code?
public class DocumentRedactor
{
private const string ConfigPath = "C:\\relativity\\config\\redaction-rules.json";
public void RedactBatch(List<LegalDocument> documents)
{
foreach (var doc in documents)
{
try
{
var reader = new StreamReader(doc.FilePath);
var text = reader.ReadToEnd();
if (doc.Status == "Reviewed")
{
continue;
}
var rules = LoadRules(ConfigPath);
var redacted = ApplyRules(text, rules);
File.WriteAllText(doc.FilePath, redacted);
doc.Status = "Redacted";
}
catch (Exception)
{
continue;
}
int retries = 0;
while (!VerifyRedaction(doc) && retries < 3)
{
Thread.Sleep(2000);
retries++;
}
}
}
}
Explain what you would improve and why, including any correctness risks given this handles sensitive legal documents.