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    019package org.apache.bcel.generic;
    020
    021/**
    022 * Denote an instruction that may throw a run-time or a linking exception (or both) during execution. This is not quite
    023 * the truth as such; because all instructions may throw a {@link VirtualMachineError}. These exceptions are omitted.
    024 *
    025 * The Lava Language Specification specifies exactly which <em>RUN-TIME</em> and which <em>LINKING</em> exceptions each
    026 * instruction may throw which is reflected by the implementers. Due to the structure of the JVM specification, it may
    027 * be possible that an Instruction implementing this interface returns a Class[] of size 0.
    028 *
    029 * Please note that we speak of an "exception" here when we mean any "Throwable" object; so this term is equally used
    030 * for "Exception" and "Error" objects.
    031 */
    032public interface ExceptionThrower {
    033
    034    /**
    035     * Gets the exceptions that may be thrown by this instruction.
    036     *
    037     * @return the exceptions that may be thrown by this instruction.
    038     */
    039    Class<?>[] getExceptions();
    040}