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package scala

/**
 * Annotation for specifying the exceptions thrown by a method.
 * For example:
 * {{{
 * class Reader(fname: String) {
 *   private val in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fname))
 *   @throws[IOException]("if the file doesn't exist")
 *   def read() = in.read()
 * }
 * }}}
 *
 * @author  Nikolay Mihaylov
 * @version 1.0, 19/05/2006
 * @since   2.1
 */
class throws[T <: Throwable](cause: String = "") extends scala.annotation.StaticAnnotation {
  def this(clazz: Class[T]) = this("")
}