ThreadDeath (Java SE 12 & JDK 12 )
Keywords: java.lang.ThreadDeath class

Module java.base
Package 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 (deprecated) `Thread.stop()` method is invoked.

  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:
    1.0
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `ThreadDeath()` |

  - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

      `addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ThreadDeath

          public ThreadDeath()