throw

Purpose

Throw the indicated exception.

Details

Op & Format	Mnemonic / Syntax	Arguments
27 11x	throw vAA	`A:` exception-bearing register (8 bits)

Constraints

A must be a valid register index in the current stack frame.
Register vA must be a reference-bearing register
Register vA must be assignment-compatible with java.lang.Throwable according to the usual rules of the Java programming language.

Behavior

Throws the given exception vA, resulting in a search for a matching handler according to the usual rules of the Java programming language.
If no matching handler is found for the current thread, the thread terminates, possibly notifying its uncaught exception handler or thread group before.

Exceptions

NullPointerException if vA is null.
Otherwise, the indicated exception.