Here you can find the source of getRootCause(Throwable throwable)
Walks through the exception chain to the last element -- the "root" of the tree -- using #getCause(Throwable) , and returns that exception.
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throwable | the throwable to get the root cause for |
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public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable throwable)
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For more * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see * <http://www.codehaus.org/>. */ import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.sql.SQLException; public class Main { /** * The names of methods commonly used to access a wrapped * exception. */ protected static String[] CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES = { "getCause", "getNextException", "getTargetException", "getException", "getSourceException", "getRootCause", "getCausedByException", "getNested" }; /** * <p>Walks through the exception chain to the last element -- the * "root" of the tree -- using {@link #getCause(Throwable)}, and * returns that exception.</p> * * @param throwable the throwable to get the root cause for * @return The root cause of the <code>Throwable</code>. */ 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>Introspects the specified <code>Throwable</code> to obtain the cause.</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 * The method names can be added to using {@link #addCauseMethodName(String)}. * The default list searched for are:</p> * <ul> * <li><code>getCause()</code> * <li><code>getNextException()</code> * <li><code>getTargetException()</code> * <li><code>getException()</code> * <li><code>getSourceException()</code> * <li><code>getRootCause()</code> * <li><code>getCausedByException()</code> * <li><code>getNested()</code> * </ul> * * <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>If none of the above is found, returns <code>null</code>.</p> * * @param throwable The exception to introspect for a cause. * @return The cause of the <code>Throwable</code>. * @throws NullPointerException if the throwable is null */ public static Throwable getCause(Throwable throwable) { return getCause(throwable, CAUSE_METHOD_NAMES); } /** * <p>Introspects the specified <code>Throwable</code> to obtain the cause * using a supplied array of method names.</p> * * @param throwable The exception to introspect for a cause. * @return The cause of the <code>Throwable</code>. * @throws NullPointerException if the method names array is null or contains null * @throws NullPointerException if the throwable is null */ public static Throwable getCause(Throwable throwable, String[] methodNames) { Throwable cause = getCauseUsingWellKnownTypes(throwable); if (cause == null) { for (String methodName : methodNames) { cause = getCauseUsingMethodName(throwable, methodName); if (cause != null) { break; } } if (cause == null) { cause = getCauseUsingFieldName(throwable, "detail"); } } return cause; } /** * <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 SQLException) { return ((SQLException) throwable).getNextException(); } else if (throwable instanceof InvocationTargetException) { return ((InvocationTargetException) throwable).getTargetException(); } else { return null; } } /** * <p>Find a throwable 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, null); } catch (NoSuchMethodException ignored) { } catch (SecurityException ignored) { } if (method != null && Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) { try { return (Throwable) method.invoke(throwable, new Object[0]); } catch (IllegalAccessException ignored) { } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) { } catch (InvocationTargetException ignored) { } } return null; } /** * <p>Find a throwable 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; } }