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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the subset.
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<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../com/sleepycat/util/RuntimeExceptionWrapper.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.util">RuntimeExceptionWrapper</A></CODE> - if a checked exception is thrown,
 including a <code>DatabaseException</code> on BDB (C edition).</DL>
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