com.fullspan.util
Class ExceptionUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.fullspan.util.ExceptionUtil

public class ExceptionUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Static utility methods for exceptions (this class has a private constructor and cannot be instantiated).

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2005/02/09 06:59:09 $

Author:

Mitch Stuart

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getExceptionMessage(java.lang.Throwable t) Return the message for a Throwable.
static java.lang.String	getExceptionMessage(java.lang.Throwable t, boolean reportRootCause) Return the message for a Throwable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getExceptionMessage

public static java.lang.String getExceptionMessage(java.lang.Throwable t)

Return the message for a Throwable.

Equivalent to calling getExceptionMessage(t, true)

Parameters:

t - the Throwable whose message will be returned

Returns:

the message

See Also:

getExceptionMessage(Throwable, boolean)

getExceptionMessage

public static java.lang.String getExceptionMessage(java.lang.Throwable t,
                                                   boolean reportRootCause)

Return the message for a Throwable.

First, the Throwable whose message to return is selected.

• If reportRootCause is false, the passed-in Throwable is selected.
• If reportRootCause is true, then getCause is called in a loop to get the lowest-level (inner-most) Throwable from the passed-in Throwable.

Second, the message for the selected Throwable is computed.

• If the selected Throwable's getMessage is non-null, the result of getMessage is returned.
• Otherwise, the result of the selected Throwable's getString is returned.

Parameters:

t - the Throwable whose message will be returned

reportRootCause - if true, then getCause is called in a loop to get the inner-most root cause Throwable, and the message is returned for that Throwable. If false, the message is returned for the original passed-in Throwable.

Returns:

the message