java.lang: public class: ThreadDeath

java.lang
public class: ThreadDeath [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error
         java.lang.ThreadDeath

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

An instance of {@code ThreadDeath} is thrown in the victim thread when the (deprecated) Thread#stop() method is invoked.

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

The {@linkplain ThreadGroup#uncaughtException top-level error handler} does not print out a message if {@code ThreadDeath} is never caught.

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

since: JDK1.0 -

Fields inherited from java.lang.Error:
serialVersionUID

Methods from java.lang.Throwable:
addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getStackTraceDepth, getStackTraceElement, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait