Format exception as string - Java java.lang

Java examples for java.lang:Exception StackTrace

Description

Format exception as string

Demo Code

/*/*from  ww w. j  a  va 2  s .com*/
 * This file is part of the OpenSCADA project
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 TH4 SYSTEMS GmbH (http://th4-systems.com)
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Jens Reimann (ctron@dentrassi.de)
 *
 * OpenSCADA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * OpenSCADA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * version 3 along with OpenSCADA. If not, see
 * <http://opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html> for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
 */
//package com.java2s;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Format exception as string
     * 
     * @param e
     *            the exception to format, may be <code>null</code>
     * @return the formatted exception or <code>null</code> if the exception was
     *         <code>null</code>.
     */
    public static String formatted(final Throwable e) {
        if (e == null) {
            return null;
        }

        final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        final PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);

        e.printStackTrace(pw);

        pw.close();

        return sw.toString();
    }
}

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