Package de.uplanet.util

Class ExceptionUtil

java.lang.Object

de.uplanet.util.ExceptionUtil

@Scriptable
public final class ExceptionUtil
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T extends Throwable> T	getCauseOfType(Throwable p_e, Class<T> p_clsException)	Get the first cause of the given type.
static Throwable	getCauseOfType(Throwable p_e, String p_strExceptionClass)	Get the first cause of the given type.
static Throwable	getRootCause(Throwable p_e)	Get the root cause of an exception.
static String	getStackTrace(Throwable p_e)	Get the stack trace of the given exception as a string.
static boolean	isCausedBy(Throwable p_e, Class<? extends Throwable> p_clsException)	Check if the given exception is caused by an exception of the given type.
static boolean	isCausedBy(Throwable p_e, String p_strExceptionClass)	Check if the given exception is caused by an exception of the given type.
static boolean	isCausedByAccessControlException(Throwable p_e)	Check if the given exception is caused by a java.security.AccessControlException.
static <T extends Throwable> T	prefixMessage(T p_e, String p_strPrefix)	Try to prefix the given exception's message with the given prefix.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isCausedBy

public static boolean isCausedBy(Throwable p_e,
                                 String p_strExceptionClass)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Check if the given exception is caused by an exception of the given type.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

p_strExceptionClass - The type of the exception.

Returns:

true if the given exception is caused by an exception of the given type, or false otherwise.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - - If p_strExceptionClass is not found.

See Also:

getCauseOfType(Throwable, String)

isCausedBy

public static boolean isCausedBy(Throwable p_e,
                                 Class<? extends Throwable> p_clsException)

Check if the given exception is caused by an exception of the given type.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

p_clsException - The type of the exception.

Returns:

true if the given exception is caused by an exception of the given type, or false otherwise.

See Also:

getCauseOfType(Throwable, Class)

getCauseOfType

public static Throwable getCauseOfType(Throwable p_e,
                                       String p_strExceptionClass)
                                throws ClassNotFoundException

Get the first cause of the given type.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

p_strExceptionClass - The type of the exception.

Returns:

The first cause of the exception of the given type, or null if no such cause could be found.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - - If p_strExceptionClass is not found.

getCauseOfType

public static <T extends Throwable> T getCauseOfType(Throwable p_e,
                                                     Class<T> p_clsException)

Get the first cause of the given type.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

p_clsException - The type of the exception.

Returns:

The first cause of the exception of the given type, or null if no such cause could be found.

isCausedByAccessControlException

public static boolean isCausedByAccessControlException(Throwable p_e)

Check if the given exception is caused by a java.security.AccessControlException.

Returns:

true if the give exception is caused by a java.security.AccessControlException, or false otherwise.

getRootCause

public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable p_e)

Get the root cause of an exception.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

Returns:

The root cause, or p_e if no cause exists.

prefixMessage

public static <T extends Throwable> T prefixMessage(T p_e,
                                                    String p_strPrefix)

Try to prefix the given exception's message with the given prefix.

Under normal circumstances exceptions should be wrapped as the cause of newly thrown exceptions. So use this method sparingly.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

p_strPrefix - The prefix.

Returns:

p_e with a prefixed message.

getStackTrace

public static String getStackTrace(Throwable p_e)

Get the stack trace of the given exception as a string.

Parameters:

p_e - The exception.

Returns:

The stack trace.