/interpreter/tags/at2dist110511/src/edu/vub/at/exceptions/signals/Signal.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * Signal.java created on 31-okt-2006 at 12:29:13
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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27 */
28package edu.vub.at.exceptions.signals;
29
30/**
31 * @author tvcutsem
32 *
33 * Signal is the abstract superclass of all AT/2 interpreter Signals.
34 * 
35 * Signals are exceptions which *cannot* be caught at the AmbientTalk base-level.
36 * They cannot even be caught at the meta-level, but are accessible to the implementation only.
37 * 
38 * Signals pervade the AT/2 interpreter, which is why they are declared to be unchecked exceptions,
39 * i.e. they subclass RuntimeException. This signifies that these exceptions should always be
40 * caught by the lowest-level evaluation loops in the runtime, such that they cannot cause the
41 * interpreter to crash unexpectedly.
42 */
43public abstract class Signal extends RuntimeException {
44
45}