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## 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
See Also:
  `Thread.stop()`, Serialized Form

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()

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