Java Dump Throwable dumpThrowable(Throwable e)

Description

Extracts the stack trace from the throwable to string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
e	the throwable.

Return

the stack trace in text format.

Declaration

public static String dumpThrowable(Throwable e) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w  w.  j av a2 s .c  o  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
 * All rights reserved.
 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
 * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
 * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
 *
 * Initial Contributors:
 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *
 * Description:
 *
 */

import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Extracts the stack trace from the throwable to string. If the throwable
     * has a cause, the cause will be dumped instead.
     * 
     * @param e the throwable.
     * @return the stack trace in text format.
     */
    public static String dumpThrowable(Throwable e) {
        if (e == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (e.getCause() != null) {
            e = e.getCause();
        }
        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(writer));
        return writer.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. dump(final Throwable throwable)
2. dumpThrowable(final String additionalDescr, final Throwable t)
3. dumpThrowable(Throwable thr)