java.lang
Class ThreadDeath

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error
          java.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()