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17  package org.apache.bcel.generic;
18  
19  /**
20   * Denote an instruction that may throw a run-time or a linking exception (or both) during execution. This is not quite
21   * the truth as such; because all instructions may throw a {@link VirtualMachineError}. These exceptions are omitted.
22   *
23   * The Lava Language Specification specifies exactly which <i>RUN-TIME</i> and which <i>LINKING</i> exceptions each
24   * instruction may throw which is reflected by the implementers. Due to the structure of the JVM specification, it may
25   * be possible that an Instruction implementing this interface returns a Class[] of size 0.
26   *
27   * Please note that we speak of an "exception" here when we mean any "Throwable" object; so this term is equally used
28   * for "Exception" and "Error" objects.
29   */
30  public interface ExceptionThrower {
31  
32      Class<?>[] getExceptions();
33  }