Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.io.StringWriter; public class Main { /** * Returns a stack trace of the {@code Throwable} as a {@code String}. * * @param throwable * The throwable for which to create the stack trace. * @param expectNull * True if null should be returned when {@code throwable} is null or * false to return "" when {@code throwable} is null * @return null if {@code throwable} is null and {@code expectNull} is true, * "" if {@code throwable} is null and {@code expectNull} is false, * otherwise the stack trace for {@code throwable} */ public static String stackTraceToString(final Throwable throwable, final boolean expectNull) { if (throwable == null) { if (expectNull == true) { return null; } return ""; } StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter(); PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(stringWriter); throwable.printStackTrace(printWriter); printWriter.close(); return stringWriter.toString(); } }