Glassfish example source code file (ExceptionUtil.java)

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The Glassfish ExceptionUtil.java source code

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package com.sun.enterprise.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Useful utilities for Exceptions
 * Subset of methods copied from org.glassfish.admin.amx.util
 */
public final class ExceptionUtil
{
    private ExceptionUtil()
    {
        // disallow instantiation
    }

    /**
    Get the chain of exceptions via getCause(). The first element is the
    Exception passed.

    @param start	the Exception to traverse
    @return		a Throwable[] or an Exception[] as appropriate
     */
    public static Throwable[] getCauses(final Throwable start)
    {
        final ArrayList<Throwable> list = new ArrayList();

        boolean haveNonException = false;

        Throwable t = start;
        while (t != null)
        {
            list.add(t);

            if (!(t instanceof Exception))
            {
                haveNonException = true;
            }

            final Throwable temp = t.getCause();
            if (temp == null)
            {
                break;
            }
            t = temp;
        }

        final Throwable[] results = haveNonException ? new Throwable[list.size()] : new Exception[list.size()];

        list.toArray(results);

        return (results);
    }

    /**
    Get the original troublemaker.

    @param e	the Exception to dig into
    @return		the original Throwable that started the problem
     */
    public static Throwable getRootCause(final Throwable e)
    {
        final Throwable[] causes = getCauses(e);

        return (causes[causes.length - 1]);
    }

    /**
    Get the stack trace as a String.

    @param t	the Throwabe whose stack trace should be gotten
    @return		a String containing the stack trace
     */
    public static String getStackTrace(Throwable t)
    {
        final StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        final StackTraceElement[] elems = t.getStackTrace();

        for (int i = 0; i < elems.length; ++i)
        {
            buf.append(elems[i]);
            buf.append("\n");
        }


        return (buf.toString());
    }

}