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import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * <p>
 * Provides utilities for manipulating and examining <code>Throwable</code>
 * objects.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dlr@finemaltcoding.com">Daniel Rall</a>
 * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author <a href="mailto:ggregory@seagullsw.com">Gary Gregory</a>
 * @author Pete Gieser
 * @version $Id: ExceptionUtils.java,v 1.2 2004/11/21 00:11:27 pgmjsd Exp $
 * @since 1.0
 */
final class ExceptionHelper {

    private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
    private static final String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY = {};
    private static final Object[] EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY = {};

    /**
     * <p>
     * Used when printing stack frames to denote the start of a wrapped exception.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * Package private for accessibility by test suite.
     * </p>
     */
    static final String WRAPPED_MARKER = " [wrapped] ";

    /**
     * <p>
     * The names of methods commonly used to access a wrapped exception.
     * </p>
     */
    private static final String[] CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES = { "getCause", "getNextException", "getTargetException",
            "getException", "getSourceException", "getRootCause", "getCausedByException", "getNested" };

    /**
     * <p>
     * The Method object for JDK1.4 getCause.
     * </p>
     */
    private static final Method THROWABLE_CAUSE_METHOD;

    static {
        Method getCauseMethod;
        try {
            getCauseMethod = Throwable.class.getMethod("getCause", (Class[]) null);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            getCauseMethod = null;
        }
        THROWABLE_CAUSE_METHOD = getCauseMethod;
    }

    private ExceptionHelper() {
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Adds to the list of method names used in the search for
     * <code>Throwable</code> objects.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param methodName
     *          the methodName to add to the list, <code>null</code> and empty
     *          strings are ignored
     * @since 2.0
     */
    /*
     * public static void addCauseMethodName(String methodName) { if (
     * StringHelper.isNotEmpty(methodName) ) { List list = new ArrayList(
     * Arrays.asList(CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES ); list.add(methodName);
     * CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES = (String[]) list.toArray(new String[list.size()]); } }
     */

    /**
     * <p>
     * Introspects the <code>Throwable</code> to obtain the cause.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The method searches for methods with specific names that return a
     * <code>Throwable</code> object. This will pick up most wrapping exceptions,
     * including those from JDK 1.4, and
     * {@link org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableException
     * NestableException}. The method names can be added to using
     * {@link #addCauseMethodName(String)}.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The default list searched for are:
     * </p>
     * <ul>
     * <li><code>getCause()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getNextException()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getTargetException()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getException()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getSourceException()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getRootCause()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getCausedByException()</code></li>
     * <li><code>getNested()</code></li>
     * </ul>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * In the absence of any such method, the object is inspected for a
     * <code>detail</code> field assignable to a <code>Throwable</code>.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * If none of the above is found, returns <code>null</code>.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to introspect for a cause, may be null
     * @return the cause of the <code>Throwable</code>, <code>null</code> if none
     *         found or null throwable input
     */
    public static Throwable getCause(Throwable throwable) {
        return getCause(throwable, CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Introspects the <code>Throwable</code> to obtain the cause.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <ol>
     * <li>Try known exception types.</li>
     * <li>Try the supplied array of method names.</li>
     * <li>Try the field 'detail'.</li>
     * </ol>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * A <code>null</code> set of method names means use the default set. A
     * <code>null</code> in the set of method names will be ignored.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to introspect for a cause, may be null
     * @param methodNames
     *          the method names, null treated as default set
     * @return the cause of the <code>Throwable</code>, <code>null</code> if none
     *         found or null throwable input
     */
    public static Throwable getCause(Throwable throwable, String[] methodNames) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Throwable cause = getCauseUsingWellKnownTypes(throwable);
        if (cause == null) {
            if (methodNames == null) {
                methodNames = CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES;
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < methodNames.length; i++) {
                String methodName = methodNames[i];
                if (methodName != null) {
                    cause = getCauseUsingMethodName(throwable, methodName);
                    if (cause != null) {
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

            if (cause == null) {
                cause = getCauseUsingFieldName(throwable, "detail");
            }
        }
        return cause;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Introspects the <code>Throwable</code> to obtain the root cause.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * This method walks through the exception chain to the last element, "root"
     * of the tree, using {@link #getCause(Throwable)}, and returns that
     * exception.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to get the root cause for, may be null
     * @return the root cause of the <code>Throwable</code>, <code>null</code> if
     *         none found or null throwable input
     */
    public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable throwable) {
        Throwable cause = getCause(throwable);
        if (cause != null) {
            throwable = cause;
            while ((throwable = getCause(throwable)) != null) {
                cause = throwable;
            }
        }
        return cause;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Finds a <code>Throwable</code> for known types.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * Uses <code>instanceof</code> checks to examine the exception, looking for
     * well known types which could contain chained or wrapped exceptions.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the exception to examine
     * @return the wrapped exception, or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    private static Throwable getCauseUsingWellKnownTypes(Throwable throwable) {
        if (throwable instanceof Nestable) {
            return ((Nestable) throwable).getCause();
        } else if (throwable instanceof SQLException) {
            return ((SQLException) throwable).getNextException();
        } else if (throwable instanceof InvocationTargetException) {
            return ((InvocationTargetException) throwable).getTargetException();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Finds a <code>Throwable</code> by method name.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the exception to examine
     * @param methodName
     *          the name of the method to find and invoke
     * @return the wrapped exception, or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    private static Throwable getCauseUsingMethodName(Throwable throwable, String methodName) {
        Method method = null;
        try {
            method = throwable.getClass().getMethod(methodName, (Class[]) null);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ignored) {
        } catch (SecurityException ignored) {
        }

        if (method != null && Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
            try {
                return (Throwable) method.invoke(throwable, EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException ignored) {
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
            } catch (InvocationTargetException ignored) {
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Finds a <code>Throwable</code> by field name.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the exception to examine
     * @param fieldName
     *          the name of the attribute to examine
     * @return the wrapped exception, or <code>null</code> if not found
     */
    private static Throwable getCauseUsingFieldName(Throwable throwable, String fieldName) {
        Field field = null;
        try {
            field = throwable.getClass().getField(fieldName);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
        } catch (SecurityException ignored) {
        }

        if (field != null && Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(field.getType())) {
            try {
                return (Throwable) field.get(throwable);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException ignored) {
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Checks if the Throwable class has a <code>getCause</code> method.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * This is true for JDK 1.4 and above.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return true if Throwable is nestable
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static boolean isThrowableNested() {
        return (THROWABLE_CAUSE_METHOD != null);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Checks whether this <code>Throwable</code> class can store a cause.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * This method does <b>not</b> check whether it actually does store a cause.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the <code>Throwable</code> to examine, may be null
     * @return boolean <code>true</code> if nested otherwise <code>false</code>
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static boolean isNestedThrowable(Throwable throwable) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return false;
        }

        if (throwable instanceof Nestable) {
            return true;
        } else if (throwable instanceof SQLException) {
            return true;
        } else if (throwable instanceof InvocationTargetException) {
            return true;
        } else if (isThrowableNested()) {
            return true;
        }

        Class<?> cls = throwable.getClass();
        for (int i = 0, isize = CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES.length; i < isize; i++) {
            try {
                Method method = cls.getMethod(CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES[i], (Class[]) null);
                if (method != null && Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
                    return true;
                }
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException ignored) {
            } catch (SecurityException ignored) {
            }
        }

        try {
            Field field = cls.getField("detail");
            if (field != null) {
                return true;
            }
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
        } catch (SecurityException ignored) {
        }

        return false;
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Counts the number of <code>Throwable</code> objects in the exception chain.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * A throwable without cause will return <code>1</code>. A throwable with one
     * cause will return <code>2</code> and so on. A <code>null</code> throwable
     * will return <code>0</code>.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to inspect, may be null
     * @return the count of throwables, zero if null input
     */
    public static int getThrowableCount(Throwable throwable) {
        int count = 0;
        while (throwable != null) {
            count++;
            throwable = ExceptionHelper.getCause(throwable);
        }
        return count;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns the list of <code>Throwable</code> objects in the exception chain.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * A throwable without cause will return an array containing one element - the
     * input throwable. A throwable with one cause will return an array containing
     * two elements. - the input throwable and the cause throwable. A
     * <code>null</code> throwable will return an array size zero.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to inspect, may be null
     * @return the array of throwables, never null
     */
    public static Throwable[] getThrowables(Throwable throwable) {
        List<Throwable> list = new ArrayList<Throwable>();
        while (throwable != null) {
            list.add(throwable);
            throwable = ExceptionHelper.getCause(throwable);
        }
        return (Throwable[]) list.toArray(new Throwable[list.size()]);
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns the (zero based) index of the first <code>Throwable</code> that
     * matches the specified type in the exception chain.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * A <code>null</code> throwable returns <code>-1</code>. A <code>null</code>
     * type returns <code>-1</code>. No match in the chain returns <code>-1</code>
     * .
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to inspect, may be null
     * @param type
     *          the type to search for
     * @return the index into the throwable chain, -1 if no match or null input
     */
    public static int indexOfThrowable(Throwable throwable, Class<?> type) {
        return indexOfThrowable(throwable, type, 0);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns the (zero based) index of the first <code>Throwable</code> that
     * matches the specified type in the exception chain from a specified index.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * A <code>null</code> throwable returns <code>-1</code>. A <code>null</code>
     * type returns <code>-1</code>. No match in the chain returns <code>-1</code>
     * . A negative start index is treated as zero. A start index greater than the
     * number of throwables returns <code>-1</code> .
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to inspect, may be null
     * @param type
     *          the type to search for
     * @param fromIndex
     *          the (zero based) index of the starting position, negative treated
     *          as zero, larger than chain size returns -1
     * @return the index into the throwable chain, -1 if no match or null input
     */
    public static int indexOfThrowable(Throwable throwable, Class<?> type, int fromIndex) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return -1;
        }
        if (fromIndex < 0) {
            fromIndex = 0;
        }
        Throwable[] throwables = ExceptionHelper.getThrowables(throwable);
        if (fromIndex >= throwables.length) {
            return -1;
        }
        for (int i = fromIndex; i < throwables.length; i++) {
            if (throwables[i].getClass().equals(type)) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Prints a compact stack trace for the root cause of a throwable to
     * <code>System.err</code>.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The compact stack trace starts with the root cause and prints stack frames
     * up to the place where it was caught and wrapped. Then it prints the wrapped
     * exception and continues with stack frames until the wrapper exception is
     * caught and wrapped again, etc.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The method is equivalent to <code>printStackTrace</code> for throwables
     * that don't have nested causes.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to output
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static void printRootCauseStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {
        printRootCauseStackTrace(throwable, System.err);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Prints a compact stack trace for the root cause of a throwable.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The compact stack trace starts with the root cause and prints stack frames
     * up to the place where it was caught and wrapped. Then it prints the wrapped
     * exception and continues with stack frames until the wrapper exception is
     * caught and wrapped again, etc.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The method is equivalent to <code>printStackTrace</code> for throwables
     * that don't have nested causes.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to output, may be null
     * @param stream
     *          the stream to output to, may not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *           if the stream is <code>null</code>
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static void printRootCauseStackTrace(Throwable throwable, PrintStream stream) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (stream == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The PrintStream must not be null");
        }
        String trace[] = getRootCauseStackTrace(throwable);
        for (int i = 0; i < trace.length; i++) {
            stream.println(trace[i]);
        }
        stream.flush();
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Prints a compact stack trace for the root cause of a throwable.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The compact stack trace starts with the root cause and prints stack frames
     * up to the place where it was caught and wrapped. Then it prints the wrapped
     * exception and continues with stack frames until the wrapper exception is
     * caught and wrapped again, etc.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * The method is equivalent to <code>printStackTrace</code> for throwables
     * that don't have nested causes.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to output, may be null
     * @param writer
     *          the writer to output to, may not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *           if the writer is <code>null</code>
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static void printRootCauseStackTrace(Throwable throwable, PrintWriter writer) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (writer == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The PrintWriter must not be null");
        }
        String trace[] = getRootCauseStackTrace(throwable);
        for (int i = 0; i < trace.length; i++) {
            writer.println(trace[i]);
        }
        writer.flush();
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Creates a compact stack trace for the root cause of the supplied
     * <code>Throwable</code>.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the throwable to examine, may be null
     * @return an array of stack trace frames, never null
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static String[] getRootCauseStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
        }
        Throwable throwables[] = getThrowables(throwable);
        int count = throwables.length;
        ArrayList<String> frames = new ArrayList<String>();
        List<String> nextTrace = getStackFrameList(throwables[count - 1]);
        for (int i = count; --i >= 0;) {
            List<String> trace = nextTrace;
            if (i != 0) {
                nextTrace = getStackFrameList(throwables[i - 1]);
                removeCommonFrames(trace, nextTrace);
            }
            if (i == count - 1) {
                frames.add(throwables[i].toString());
            } else {
                frames.add(WRAPPED_MARKER + throwables[i].toString());
            }
            for (int j = 0; j < trace.size(); j++) {
                frames.add(trace.get(j));
            }
        }
        return (String[]) frames.toArray(new String[0]);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Removes common frames from the cause trace given the two stack traces.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param causeFrames
     *          stack trace of a cause throwable
     * @param wrapperFrames
     *          stack trace of a wrapper throwable
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *           if either argument is null
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static void removeCommonFrames(List<String> causeFrames, List<String> wrapperFrames) {
        if (causeFrames == null || wrapperFrames == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The List must not be null");
        }
        int causeFrameIndex = causeFrames.size() - 1;
        int wrapperFrameIndex = wrapperFrames.size() - 1;
        while (causeFrameIndex >= 0 && wrapperFrameIndex >= 0) {
            // Remove the frame from the cause trace if it is the same
            // as in the wrapper trace
            String causeFrame = (String) causeFrames.get(causeFrameIndex);
            String wrapperFrame = (String) wrapperFrames.get(wrapperFrameIndex);
            if (causeFrame.equals(wrapperFrame)) {
                causeFrames.remove(causeFrameIndex);
            }
            causeFrameIndex--;
            wrapperFrameIndex--;
        }
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Gets the stack trace from a Throwable as a String.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the <code>Throwable</code> to be examined
     * @return the stack trace as generated by the exception's
     *         <code>printStackTrace(PrintWriter)</code> method
     */
    public static String getStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw, true);
        throwable.printStackTrace(pw);
        return sw.getBuffer().toString();
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * A way to get the entire nested stack-trace of an throwable.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the <code>Throwable</code> to be examined
     * @return the nested stack trace, with the root cause first
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static String getFullStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw, true);
        Throwable[] ts = getThrowables(throwable);
        for (int i = 0; i < ts.length; i++) {
            ts[i].printStackTrace(pw);
            if (isNestedThrowable(ts[i])) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return sw.getBuffer().toString();
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Captures the stack trace associated with the specified
     * <code>Throwable</code> object, decomposing it into a list of stack frames.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param throwable
     *          the <code>Throwable</code> to exaamine, may be null
     * @return an array of strings describing each stack frame, never null
     */
    public static String[] getStackFrames(Throwable throwable) {
        if (throwable == null) {
            return EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
        }
        return getStackFrames(getStackTrace(throwable));
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Functionality shared between the <code>getStackFrames(Throwable)</code>
     * methods of this and the
     * {@link org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableDelegate} classes.
     * </p>
     */
    static String[] getStackFrames(String stackTrace) {
        String linebreak = LINE_SEPARATOR;
        StringTokenizer frames = new StringTokenizer(stackTrace, linebreak);
        List<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
        while (frames.hasMoreTokens()) {
            list.add(frames.nextToken());
        }
        return (String[]) list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Produces a <code>List</code> of stack frames - the message is not included.
     * </p>
     * <p/>
     * <p>
     * This works in most cases - it will only fail if the exception message
     * contains a line that starts with:
     * <code>&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at&quot;.</code>
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param t
     *          is any throwable
     * @return List of stack frames
     */
    static List<String> getStackFrameList(Throwable t) {
        String stackTrace = getStackTrace(t);
        String linebreak = LINE_SEPARATOR;
        StringTokenizer frames = new StringTokenizer(stackTrace, linebreak);
        List<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
        boolean traceStarted = false;
        while (frames.hasMoreTokens()) {
            String token = frames.nextToken();
            // Determine if the line starts with <whitespace>at
            int at = token.indexOf("at");
            if (at != -1 && token.substring(0, at).trim().length() == 0) {
                traceStarted = true;
                list.add(token);
            } else if (traceStarted) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return list;
    }

}