Package com.illumon.util

Class FindExceptionCause

java.lang.Object

com.illumon.util.FindExceptionCause

public class FindExceptionCause
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FindExceptionCause()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Exception	findCause(Exception original, Class<? extends Exception>... expectedTypes)	Given an exception and a list of expected exception types, traverse the cause tree and return the first exception that matches the list of expected cause types.
static Throwable	findCause(Throwable original, Class<? extends Throwable>... expectedTypes)	Given a throwable and a list of expected throwable types, traverse the cause tree and return the first exception that matches the list of expected cause types.
static Throwable	findLastCause(Throwable original, Class<? extends Throwable>... expectedTypes)	Given a throwable and a list of expected throwable types, traverse the cause tree and return the last exception that matches the list of expected cause types.
static String	shortCauses(Throwable throwable, String lineSeparator)	Given an exception, provide a short description of the causes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FindExceptionCause

public FindExceptionCause()

Method Details

findCause

@SafeVarargs public static Exception findCause(Exception original, Class<? extends Exception>... expectedTypes)

Given an exception and a list of expected exception types, traverse the cause tree and return the first exception that matches the list of expected cause types.

findCause

@SafeVarargs public static Throwable findCause(Throwable original, Class<? extends Throwable>... expectedTypes)

Given a throwable and a list of expected throwable types, traverse the cause tree and return the first exception that matches the list of expected cause types.

shortCauses

public static String shortCauses(@NotNull Throwable throwable, String lineSeparator)

Given an exception, provide a short description of the causes. We take each cause and return a String separated by line separator and "caused by".

Parameters:

throwable - the Throwable to get causes from

lineSeparator - a separation string (e.g., newline or <br>)

Returns:

the causes formatted one per line

findLastCause

@SafeVarargs public static Throwable findLastCause(Throwable original, Class<? extends Throwable>... expectedTypes)

Given a throwable and a list of expected throwable types, traverse the cause tree and return the last exception that matches the list of expected cause types.

Parameters:

original - the original Throwable

expectedTypes - the list of expected types

Returns:

the last Throwable of one of the defined types, or the original Throwable if none were found