throw death;
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      /*
       * This is not one of AppEngine's allowed classes, so even in Sun JDKs, this can fail with
       * a NoClassDefFoundError. Other apps might deny access to sun.misc packages.
       */
      return null;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the Method that can be used to resolve an individual StackTraceElement, or null if that