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package org.apache.bcel.generic;

/**
 * Denote an instruction that may throw a run-time or a linking exception (or both) during execution. This is not quite
 * the truth as such; because all instructions may throw a {@link VirtualMachineError}. These exceptions are omitted.
 *
 * The Lava Language Specification specifies exactly which <em>RUN-TIME</em> and which <em>LINKING</em> exceptions each
 * instruction may throw which is reflected by the implementers. Due to the structure of the JVM specification, it may
 * be possible that an Instruction implementing this interface returns a Class[] of size 0.
 *
 * Please note that we speak of an "exception" here when we mean any "Throwable" object; so this term is equally used
 * for "Exception" and "Error" objects.
 */
public interface ExceptionThrower {

    /**
     * Gets the exceptions that may be thrown by this instruction.
     *
     * @return the exceptions that may be thrown by this instruction.
     */
    Class<?>[] getExceptions();
}
