1 /* 2 * @(#)ThreadDeath.java 1.15 03/12/19 3 * 4 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. 6 */ 7 8 package java.lang; 9 10 /** 11 * An instance of <code>ThreadDeath</code> is thrown in the victim 12 * thread when the <code>stop</code> method with zero arguments in 13 * class <code>Thread</code> is called. 14 * <p> 15 * An application should catch instances of this class only if it 16 * must clean up after being terminated asynchronously. If 17 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> is caught by a method, it is important 18 * that it be rethrown so that the thread actually dies. 19 * <p> 20 * The top-level error handler does not print out a message if 21 * <code>ThreadDeath</code> is never caught. 22 * <p> 23 * The class <code>ThreadDeath</code> is specifically a subclass of 24 * <code>Error</code> rather than <code>Exception</code>, even though 25 * it is a "normal occurrence", because many applications 26 * catch all occurrences of <code>Exception</code> and then discard 27 * the exception. 28 * 29 * @author unascribed 30 * @version 1.15, 12/19/03 31 * @see java.lang.Thread#stop() 32 * @since JDK1.0 33 */ 34 35 public class ThreadDeath extends Error {} 36