Java Throwable to String getStackTraceString(final Throwable currentEx)

Description

Gets the stack trace of all the nested exceptions in the form of a string for the given exception.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
currentEx	Exception whose stack trace string is needed.

Return

String The String containing all the nested stack traces.

Declaration

public static String getStackTraceString(final Throwable currentEx) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  w  ww.  ja  v a  2  s.  c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Salil Walavalkar
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software 
 * and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, 
 * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, 
 * subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial 
 * portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT 
 * LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 
 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, 
 * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
 * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Empty non-null string.
     */
    public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";

    /**
     * Gets the stack trace of all the nested exceptions in the form of a string
     * for the given exception.
     * 
     * @param currentEx
     *            Exception whose stack trace string is needed.
     * @return String The String containing all the nested stack traces.
     */
    public static String getStackTraceString(final Throwable currentEx) {
        String result = EMPTY_STRING;

        if (currentEx != null) {
            final StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();

            currentEx.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stringWriter));

            result = stringWriter.toString();
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. getStackTraceFromBaseException(Throwable exc)
2. getStackTraceFromThrowable(Throwable t)
3. getStackTraceInString(Throwable throwable)
4. getStackTraceLines(Throwable t, int numLines)
5. getStackTraceOnly(Throwable throwable)
6. getStackTraceString(Throwable cause, String delimiter, int maxLines)
7. getStackTraceString(Throwable e)
8. getStackTraceString(Throwable t)
9. getStackTraceString(Throwable throwable)