diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Java.html b/Doc/Manual/Java.html
index bd259e60d..c77724bf2 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Java.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Java.html
@@ -3923,12 +3923,24 @@ is used in the feature code. Consider the following, which also happens to be th
   if ($error) {
     jenv->ExceptionClear();
     $directorthrowshandlers
-    throw Swig::DirectorException(jenv, $error);
+    Swig::DirectorException::raise(jenv, $error);
   }
 %}
 </pre>
 </div>
 
+<p>
+where <tt>Swig::DirectorException::raise</tt> is a helper method in the DirectorException class to throw a C++ exception (implemented in director.swg):
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+    static void raise(JNIEnv *jenv, jthrowable throwable) {
+      throw DirectorException(jenv, throwable);
+    }
+</pre>
+</div>
+
 <p>The code generated using the <code>director:except</code> feature
 replaces the <code>$directorthrowshandlers</code> special variable with the code in
 the "directorthrows" typemaps, for each and every exception defined for the method. 
@@ -3963,7 +3975,7 @@ if (swigerror) {
     throw std::out_of_range(Swig::JavaExceptionMessage(jenv, swigerror).message());
   }
   
-  throw Swig::DirectorException(jenv, swigerror);
+  Swig::DirectorException::raise(jenv, swigerror);
 }
 </pre>
 </div>
diff --git a/Lib/csharp/director.swg b/Lib/csharp/director.swg
index 3438f2bf0..5d2ab5d9b 100644
--- a/Lib/csharp/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/csharp/director.swg
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ namespace Swig {
   public:
     DirectorPureVirtualException(const char *msg) : DirectorException(std::string("Attempt to invoke pure virtual method ") + msg) {
     }
+
+    static void raise(const char *msg) {
+      throw DirectorPureVirtualException(msg);
+    }
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/Lib/d/director.swg b/Lib/d/director.swg
index a7d9c7688..02da0e0ac 100644
--- a/Lib/d/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/d/director.swg
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ namespace Swig {
   public:
     DirectorPureVirtualException(const char *msg) : DirectorException(std::string("Attempted to invoke pure virtual method ") + msg) {
     }
+
+    static void raise(const char *msg) {
+      throw DirectorPureVirtualException(msg);
+    }
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/Lib/java/director.swg b/Lib/java/director.swg
index 355e62d67..abde72286 100644
--- a/Lib/java/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/java/director.swg
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ namespace Swig {
       }
     }
 
+    static void raise(JNIEnv *jenv, jthrowable throwable) {
+      throw DirectorException(jenv, throwable);
+    }
+
   private:
     static char *copypath(const char *srcmsg) {
       char *target = copystr(srcmsg);
diff --git a/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx b/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx
index 154fadac5..c41a212e4 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx
@@ -3935,7 +3935,7 @@ public:
       }
       Delete(super_call);
     } else {
-      Printf(w->code, " throw Swig::DirectorPureVirtualException(\"%s::%s\");\n", SwigType_namestr(c_classname), SwigType_namestr(name));
+      Printf(w->code, "Swig::DirectorPureVirtualException::raise(\"%s::%s\");\n", SwigType_namestr(c_classname), SwigType_namestr(name));
     }
 
     if (!ignored_method)
diff --git a/Source/Modules/d.cxx b/Source/Modules/d.cxx
index 05ca6c636..36216b75e 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/d.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/d.cxx
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ public:
       }
       Delete(super_call);
     } else {
-      Printf(w->code, " throw Swig::DirectorPureVirtualException(\"%s::%s\");\n", SwigType_namestr(c_classname), SwigType_namestr(name));
+      Printf(w->code, "Swig::DirectorPureVirtualException::raise(\"%s::%s\");\n", SwigType_namestr(c_classname), SwigType_namestr(name));
     }
 
     if (!ignored_method)
diff --git a/Source/Modules/java.cxx b/Source/Modules/java.cxx
index b380565b5..e53cf1576 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/java.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/java.cxx
@@ -4490,7 +4490,7 @@ public:
       Printf(directorexcept, "jthrowable $error = jenv->ExceptionOccurred();\n");
       Printf(directorexcept, "if ($error) {\n");
       Printf(directorexcept, "  jenv->ExceptionClear();$directorthrowshandlers\n");
-      Printf(directorexcept, "  throw Swig::DirectorException(jenv, $error);\n");
+      Printf(directorexcept, "  Swig::DirectorException::raise(jenv, $error);\n");
       Printf(directorexcept, "}\n");
     } else {
       directorexcept = Copy(directorexcept);