Locates a particular type of exception
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/**
* Contains static methods useful for manipulating exceptions.
*/
public class ExceptionUtils
{
/**
* Locates a particular type of exception, working its way via the cause property of each exception in the exception
* stack.
*
* @param t the outermost exception
* @param type the type of exception to search for
* @return the first exception of the given type, if found, or null
*/
public static <T extends Throwable> T findCause(Throwable t, Class<T> type)
{
Throwable current = t;
while (current != null)
{
if (type.isInstance(current)) return type.cast(current);
// Not a match, work down.
current = current.getCause();
}
return null;
}
}
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