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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.debug.core.jsdi.request;

import org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.debug.core.jsdi.ThreadReference;

/**
 * Description of a JSDI request for an exception.<br>
 * <br> 
 * An exception request can be filtered by:
 * <ul>
 * <li>A {@link ThreadReference}</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * @see EventRequest
 * @see ThreadReference
 * @since 1.0
 * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
 */
public interface ExceptionRequest extends EventRequest {
	
	/**
	 * Adds the given {@link ThreadReference} as a filter to the request.
	 * The {@link ThreadReference} is used to prune matching locations for the request.
	 * 
	 * @param thread a {@link ThreadReference} to add as a filter, <code>null</code> is not accepted
	 */
	public void addThreadFilter(ThreadReference thread);
}