java.lang
Class ThreadDeath

java.lang.Object
  extended byjava.lang.Throwable
      extended byjava.lang.Error
          extended byjava.lang.ThreadDeath
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

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
Author:
unascribed
See Also:
Thread.stop(), Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.lang.Error
serialVersionUID
 
Fields inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
 
Constructor Summary
ThreadDeath()
           
 
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
 

Constructor Detail

ThreadDeath

public ThreadDeath()