Termination of the given JBC could be proven:

(0) Obligation:

JBC Problem based on JBC Program:
Manifest-Version: 1.0 Created-By: 1.6.0_16 (Sun Microsystems Inc.) Main-Class: Exc3

/**
 * A loop continously throwing and catching an exception.
 * The exception is thrown before the statement that makes the loop
 * progress, but the exception body contains another statement making the
 * loop progress.
 *
 * All calls terminate.
 *
 * Julia + BinTerm prove that all calls terminate.
 *
 * @author <A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Fausto Spoto</A>
 */

public class Exc3 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	int i = 0;

	while (i < 20) {
	    try {
		if (i > 10) throw null;
		i++;
	    }
	    catch (NullPointerException e) {
		i++;
	    }
	}
    }
}

(1) JBC2FIG (SOUND transformation)

Constructed FIGraph.

(2) Obligation:

FIGraph based on JBC Program:
Graph of 379 nodes with 0 SCCs.

(3) FIGtoITRSProof (SOUND transformation)

Transformed FIGraph to ITRS rules

(4) TRUE