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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
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9    *
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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  }