Java Throwable to String stackTraceToString(Throwable eIn)

Description

This is a convenience function for printing the content of a stack track to a String

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
eIn	the exception producing the stack trace

Return

a string containing the stack trace (similar to )

Declaration

public static String stackTraceToString(Throwable eIn) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* w  w w.  ja v a  2  s  . c  o  m*/
 * Copyright 2013 opencxa.org
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

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

public class Main {
    private static int MAX_NUM_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES = 5;

    /**
     * This is a convenience function for printing the content of
     * a stack track to a String
     * 
     * @param eIn the exception producing the stack trace
     * 
     * @return a string containing the stack trace (similar to {@link Exception#printStackTrace()})
     */
    public static String stackTraceToString(Throwable eIn) {
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);

        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_NUM_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES; i++) {
            StackTraceElement currElem = eIn.getStackTrace()[i];
            pw.println(currElem.toString());
        }

        return sw.toString();
    }
}

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6. StackTraceToString(Throwable ex)
7. stackTraceToString(Throwable ex)
8. stackTraceToString(Throwable t)
9. stacktraceToString(Throwable t)