// Throw Across Empty Function class EmptyException extends Exception {} public class ThrowEmpty { static void unwind_empty(int frames) throws EmptyException { if (0 < frames) { unwind_empty(frames - 1); } else { throw new EmptyException(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { int times = 1; int total_frames = 1; if (0 < args.length) { times = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); } if (1 < args.length) { total_frames = Integer.parseInt(args[1]); } long startTime = System.nanoTime(); for (int count = 0 ; count < times ; ++count) { try { unwind_empty(total_frames); } catch (EmptyException e) { // ... } } long endTime = System.nanoTime(); System.out.println("Run-Time (ns) " + (endTime - startTime)); } }