Java Exception to String getExceptionMessage(Exception ex)

Description

get Exception Message

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String getExceptionMessage(Exception ex) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static String getExceptionMessage(Exception ex) {
        return getExceptionMessage(ex, true);
    }

    public static String getExceptionMessage(Exception ex, boolean stackDump) {
        String m = ex.getMessage();

        if (m == null) {
            m = ex.getLocalizedMessage();
        }

        if (m == null) {
            m = "(" + ex.getClass().getName() + ")";
            if (stackDump) {
                StringWriter s = new StringWriter();
                PrintWriter p = new PrintWriter(s, true);
                ex.printStackTrace(p);
                m += s.getBuffer().toString();
            }
        }

        return m;
    }
}

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1. getErrorMessage(Exception ex)
2. getErrorMessage(Process process)
3. getException(Exception e)
4. getExceptionDetails(Exception e)
5. getExceptionMessage(Exception e)
6. getExceptionMessage(Exception ex)
7. getExceptionMsg(Exception ex)
8. getExceptionName(IOException ex)
9. getExceptionStackTrace(Exception exception)