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sun-java/classsrc/java/lang/ThreadDeath.java

/*
 * @(#)ThreadDeath.java	1.5 95/08/11  
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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 */

package java.lang;

/**
 * An instance of ThreadDeath is thrown in the victim thread when
 * thread.stop() is called.  This is not a subclass of Exception,
 * but rather a subclass of Error because too many people
 * already catch Exception.  Instances of this class should be caught
 * explicitly only if you are interested in cleaning up when being 
 * asynchronously terminated.  If ThreadDeath is caught, it is important
 * to rethrow the object so that the Thread will actually die.  The top-level
 * error handler will not print out a message if ThreadDeath falls through.
 * @version 	1.5, 11 Aug 1995
 */

public class ThreadDeath extends Error {}