1. /*

  2.  * @(#)ThreadDeath.java	1.12 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1995-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.lang;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * An instance of <code>ThreadDeath</code> is thrown in the victim 

  15.  * thread when the <code>stop</code> method with zero arguments in 

  16.  * class <code>Thread</code> is called. 

  17.  * <p>

  18.  * An application should catch instances of this class only if it 

  19.  * must clean up after being terminated asynchronously. If 

  20.  * <code>ThreadDeath</code> is caught by a method, it is important 

  21.  * that it be rethrown so that the thread actually dies. 

  22.  * <p>

  23.  * The top-level error handler does not print out a message if 

  24.  * <code>ThreadDeath</code> is never caught. 

  25.  * <p>

  26.  * The class <code>ThreadDeath</code> is specifically a subclass of 

  27.  * <code>Error</code> rather than <code>Exception</code>, even though 

  28.  * it is a "normal occurrence", because many applications 

  29.  * catch all occurrences of <code>Exception</code> and then discard 

  30.  * the exception. 

  31.  *

  32.  * @author unascribed

  33.  * @version 1.12, 02/02/00

  34.  * @see     java.lang.Thread#stop()

  35.  * @since   JDK1.0

  36.  */

  37. 

  38. public class ThreadDeath extends Error {}