Source for java.lang.ThreadDeath

   1: /* ThreadDeath.java - special exception registering Thread death
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.lang;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * ThreadDeath is thrown in a thread when someone calls <code>stop()</code>
  43:  * on that thread. <b>Important:</b> Make sure you rethrow this exception
  44:  * if you catch it.  If you don't, the thread will not die.
  45:  *
  46:  * <p>This is an Error rather than an exception, so that normal code will
  47:  * not catch it. It is intended for asynchronous cleanup when using the
  48:  * deprecated Thread.stop() method.
  49:  *
  50:  * @author John Keiser
  51:  * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
  52:  * @see Thread#stop()
  53:  * @status updated to 1.4
  54:  */
  55: public class ThreadDeath extends Error
  56: {
  57:   /**
  58:    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
  59:    */
  60:   private static final long serialVersionUID = -4417128565033088268L;
  61: 
  62:   /**
  63:    * Create an error without a message.
  64:    */
  65:   public ThreadDeath()
  66:   {
  67:   }
  68: }