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+/*
+ * Copyright 1995-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.lang;
+
+/**
+ * An instance of {@code ThreadDeath} is thrown in the victim thread
+ * when the (deprecated) {@link Thread#stop()} method is invoked.
+ *
+ * <p>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.
+ *
+ * <p>The {@linkplain ThreadGroup#uncaughtException top-level error
+ * handler} does not print out a message if {@code ThreadDeath} is
+ * never caught.
+ *
+ * <p>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
+ */
+
+public class ThreadDeath extends Error {}