ThreadDeath (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.lang

Class ThreadDeath

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Throwable java.lang.Error java.lang.ThreadDeath

All Implemented Interfaces:

public class ThreadDeath

extends Error

An instance of ThreadDeath is thrown in the victim thread when the stop method with zero arguments in class Thread is called.

An application should catch instances of this class only if it must clean up after being terminated asynchronously. If ThreadDeath is caught by a method, it is important that it be rethrown so that the thread actually dies.

The top-level error handler does not print out a message if ThreadDeath is never caught.

The class ThreadDeath is specifically a subclass of Error rather than Exception, even though it is a "normal occurrence", because many applications catch all occurrences of Exception and then discard the exception.

Since:

JDK1.0

See Also:

Thread.stop(), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
ThreadDeath()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

ThreadDeath

public ThreadDeath()

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