Java Throwable to String getExceptionDescription(Throwable e)

Description

Get the message + stack trace associated with this exception.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
e	throwable in question

Return

string containing the message & stack trace for the exception

Declaration

public static String getExceptionDescription(Throwable e) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the message + stack trace associated with this exception.
     *
     * @param e throwable in question
     * @return string containing the message & stack trace for the exception
     */
    public static String getExceptionDescription(Throwable e) {
        try {
            StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
            PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(stringWriter);
            try {
                e.printStackTrace(printWriter);
                return stringWriter.getBuffer().toString();
            } finally {
                stringWriter.close();
                printWriter.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e2) {
            return e.getMessage() + "\r\n<error generating stack trace>";
        }
    }
}

Related

1. formatThrown(final Throwable thrown)
2. getDetails(Throwable t)
3. getErrorInfo(Throwable error)
4. getErrorMessage(Throwable e)
5. getExceptionAsString(Throwable _ex)
6. getExceptionDetails (final Throwable e)
7. getExceptionDetails(Throwable throwable)
8. getExceptionHeadline(Throwable t)
9. getExceptionPrintout(Throwable aThrowable)