KillException.java

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package com.oracle.truffle.api.debug;

/**
 * Controls breaking out of an execution context, such as a shell or eval. This exception now
 * extends {@link ThreadDeath} as that is the error that is supposed to not be ever caught. As its
 * Javadoc puts it: <em> 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 re-thrown so that the thread actually dies. </em> The re-throwing is
 * important aspect of <code>KillException</code> and as such it piggy-backs on this aspect of
 * {@link ThreadDeath}. For code that can distinguish between classical {@link ThreadDeath} and
 * {@link KillException}, is still OK to catch the exception and not propagate it any further.
 *
 * @since 0.12
 */
final class KillException extends ThreadDeath {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8638020836970813894L;

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     * 
     * @since 0.12
     */
    KillException() {
    }
}