gistfile1.java

   /**
     * Throws a checked {@link Exception} not declared in the method signature.
     * Clearly, this circumvents compiler safeguards, so use with caution. 
     * You've been warned.
     * 
     * @param exception
     *            A checked (or unchecked) exception to be thrown.
     */
    public static void throwChecked(final Throwable exception) {
        new CheckedThrower<RuntimeException>().throwChecked(exception);
    }