Package org.dspace.util

Class ThrowableUtils

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.util.ThrowableUtils

public class ThrowableUtils
extends Object

Things you wish Throwable or some logging package would do for you.

Author:

mwood

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	formatCauseChain(Throwable throwable)	Trace a chain of Throwables showing only causes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

formatCauseChain

public static String formatCauseChain(Throwable throwable)

Trace a chain of Throwables showing only causes. Less voluminous than a stack trace. Useful if you just want to know what caused third-party code to return an uninformative exception message.

Parameters:

throwable - the exception or whatever.

Returns:

list of messages from each Throwable in the chain, separated by '\n'.