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package java.lang;

/**
 * An instance of {@code ThreadDeath} was originally specified to be thrown
 * by a victim thread when "stopped" with {@link Thread#stop()}.
 *
 * @deprecated {@link Thread#stop()} was originally specified to "stop" a victim
 *      thread by causing the victim thread to throw a {@code ThreadDeath}. It
 *      was inherently unsafe and deprecated in an early JDK release. The ability
 *      to "stop" a thread with {@code Thread.stop} has been removed and the
 *      {@code Thread.stop} method changed to throw an exception. Consequently,
 *      {@code ThreadDeath} is also deprecated, for removal.
 *
 * @since   1.0
 */
@Deprecated(since="20", forRemoval=true)
public class ThreadDeath extends Error {
    @java.io.Serial
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4417128565033088268L;

    /**
     * Constructs a {@code ThreadDeath}.
     */
    public ThreadDeath() {}
}