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017package org.apache.bcel.generic;
018
019/**
020 * Denote an instruction that may throw a run-time or a linking exception (or both) during execution. This is not quite
021 * the truth as such; because all instructions may throw a {@link VirtualMachineError}. These exceptions are omitted.
022 *
023 * The Lava Language Specification specifies exactly which <i>RUN-TIME</i> and which <i>LINKING</i> exceptions each
024 * instruction may throw which is reflected by the implementers. Due to the structure of the JVM specification, it may
025 * be possible that an Instruction implementing this interface returns a Class[] of size 0.
026 *
027 * Please note that we speak of an "exception" here when we mean any "Throwable" object; so this term is equally used
028 * for "Exception" and "Error" objects.
029 */
030public interface ExceptionThrower {
031
032    Class<?>[] getExceptions();
033}