throwable
English
Etymology
throw + -able
Pronunciation
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Adjective
throwable (not comparable)
- Capable of being thrown.
- (computing, programming) Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception.
- 1997, Babak Sadr, Grady Booch, Unified objects: object-oriented programming using C++
- For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the
Throwable
class.
- For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the
- 2001, Alan Burns, Andrew J Wellings, Real-time systems and programming languages
- In general, each function may specify a list of throwable objects […]
- 2006, William Von Hagen, The definitive guide to GCC
- […] if you need to make certain symbols visible externally for debugging purposes or for catching exceptions for throwable entities within a library.
- 1997, Babak Sadr, Grady Booch, Unified objects: object-oriented programming using C++
- (computing, programming) Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception.
Derived terms
- throwability
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Noun
throwable (plural throwables)
- (computing, programming) Any object that can be thrown in the manner of an exception.
- Exceptions are thrown when some module of the project detects an error condition or if it handles some standard Java throwables.
Anagrams
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