<s>
Automated	B-Language
exception	I-Language
handling	I-Language
is	O
a	O
computing	O
term	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
computerized	O
handling	O
of	O
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Runtime	B-Device
systems	I-Device
(	O
engines	O
)	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
or	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
lend	O
themselves	O
to	O
an	O
automated	O
mode	O
of	O
exception	O
or	O
error	B-General_Concept
handling	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
these	O
environments	O
software	O
errors	O
do	O
not	O
crash	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
or	O
runtime	B-Device
engine	I-Device
,	O
but	O
rather	O
generate	O
exceptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
advances	O
in	O
these	O
runtime	B-Device
engines	I-Device
enables	O
specialized	O
runtime	B-Device
engine	I-Device
add-on	O
products	O
to	O
provide	O
automated	B-Language
exception	I-Language
handling	I-Language
that	O
is	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
provides	O
root-cause	O
information	O
for	O
every	O
exception	O
of	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
exception	O
,	O
the	O
runtime	B-Device
engine	I-Device
calls	O
an	O
error	O
interception	O
tool	O
that	O
is	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
runtime	B-Device
engine	I-Device
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
(	O
JVM	B-Language
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
snapshot	O
then	O
produces	O
the	O
equivalent	O
of	O
a	O
debugger	B-Application
screen	O
(	O
as	O
if	O
there	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
debugger	B-Application
)	O
at	O
the	O
moment	O
of	O
the	O
exception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
direct	O
artifact	O
of	O
the	O
runtime	B-Device
engine	I-Device
paradigm	O
and	O
it	O
enables	O
unique	O
advantages	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
lifecycle	O
that	O
were	O
unavailable	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
