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25
26package java.lang;
27
28/**
29 * An instance of {@code ThreadDeath} is thrown in the victim thread
30 * when the (deprecated) {@link Thread#stop()} method is invoked.
31 *
32 * <p>An application should catch instances of this class only if it
33 * must clean up after being terminated asynchronously.  If
34 * {@code ThreadDeath} is caught by a method, it is important that it
35 * be rethrown so that the thread actually dies.
36 *
37 * <p>The {@linkplain ThreadGroup#uncaughtException top-level error
38 * handler} does not print out a message if {@code ThreadDeath} is
39 * never caught.
40 *
41 * <p>The class {@code ThreadDeath} is specifically a subclass of
42 * {@code Error} rather than {@code Exception}, even though it is a
43 * "normal occurrence", because many applications catch all
44 * occurrences of {@code Exception} and then discard the exception.
45 *
46 * @since   JDK1.0
47 */
48
49public class ThreadDeath extends Error {
50    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4417128565033088268L;
51}
52