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 {}