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19  package org.apache.bcel.generic;
20  
21  /**
22   * Thrown by {@link InstructionList} when one or multiple disposed instructions are still being referenced by an {@link InstructionTargeter} object. I.e. the
23   * {@link InstructionTargeter} has to be notified that (one of) the {@link InstructionHandle} it is referencing is being removed from the
24   * {@link InstructionList} and thus not valid anymore.
25   *
26   * <p>
27   * Making this an exception instead of a return value forces the user to handle these case explicitly in a try { ... } catch. The following code illustrates how
28   * this may be done:
29   * </p>
30   *
31   * <pre>
32   *     ...
33   *     try {
34   *         il.delete(start_ih, end_ih);
35   *     } catch (TargetLostException e) {
36   *         for (InstructionHandle target : e.getTargets()) {
37   *             for (InstructionTargeter targeter : target.getTargeters()) {
38   *                 targeter.updateTarget(target, new_target);
39   *             }
40   *         }
41   *     }
42   * </pre>
43   *
44   * @see InstructionHandle
45   * @see InstructionList
46   * @see InstructionTargeter
47   */
48  public final class TargetLostException extends Exception {
49  
50      private static final long serialVersionUID = -6857272667645328384L;
51      private final InstructionHandle[] targets;
52  
53      TargetLostException(final InstructionHandle[] targets, final String message) {
54          super(message);
55          this.targets = targets;
56      }
57  
58      /**
59       * Gets the list of instructions still being targeted.
60       *
61       * @return list of instructions still being targeted.
62       */
63      public InstructionHandle[] getTargets() {
64          return targets;
65      }
66  }