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    1   /*
    2    * Copyright  2000-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
    3    *
    4    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    5    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    6    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
    7    *
    8    *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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    10   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    11   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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    13   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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    15   *
    16   */
    17  package org.apache.bcel.generic;
    18
    19  /***
    20   * Denote an instruction that may throw a run-time or a linking
    21   * exception (or both) during execution.  This is not quite the truth
    22   * as such; because all instructions may throw an
    23   * java.lang.VirtualMachineError. These exceptions are omitted.
    24   *
    25   * The Lava Language Specification specifies exactly which
    26   * <i>RUN-TIME</i> and which <i>LINKING</i> exceptions each
    27   * instruction may throw which is reflected by the implementers.  Due
    28   * to the structure of the JVM specification, it may be possible that
    29   * an Instruction implementing this interface returns a Class[] of
    30   * size 0.
    31   *
    32   * Please note that we speak of an "exception" here when we mean any
    33   * "Throwable" object; so this term is equally used for "Exception"
    34   * and "Error" objects.
    35   *
    36   * @version $Id: ExceptionThrower.java 386056 2006-03-15 11:31:56Z tcurdt $
    37   * @author  Enver Haase
    38   */
    39  public interface ExceptionThrower {
    40
    41      public java.lang.Class[] getExceptions();
    42  }