To throw a Thread

Question

I have a question.

Would it be possible, hypthetically, in Java, to throw a running thread as exception? I know this is madness, but just for fun, could it be done? Something along the lines of:

public void throwThread() throws ExceptableThread {
    ExceptableThread thread = new ExceptableThread();
    thread.start();
    throw thread;

Implementing Runnable as interface is not really an option. It should throw the actual thread object.

Answer 1

No, it wouldn't. Thread doesn't extend Throwable, so you can't throw it.

Even if it were possible, it would be a horrible conflation of two very separate responsibilities, IMO.

Answer 2

You can throw an exception with contains a Thread - weird things _