Java Utililty Methods Dump Throwable

String dump(final Throwable throwable)
dump

if (throwable == null) {
 return "null";
final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(512);
throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw, true));
return sw.toString();

void dumpThrowable(final String additionalDescr, final Throwable t)
Dumps a Throwable in a decorating message including the current thread name, and its #dumpStack(PrintStream,StackTraceElement[],int,int) stack trace .

System.err.println("Caught " + additionalDescr + " " + t.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": " + t.getMessage()
 + " on thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
dumpStack(System.err, t.getStackTrace(), 0, -1);
int causeDepth = 1;
for (Throwable cause = t.getCause(); null != cause; cause = cause.getCause()) {
 System.err.println("Caused[" + causeDepth + "] by " + cause.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": "
 + cause.getMessage() + " on thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
 dumpStack(System.err, cause.getStackTrace(), 0, -1);
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String dumpThrowable(Throwable e)
Extracts the stack trace from the throwable to string.

if (e == null) {
 return null;
if (e.getCause() != null) {
 e = e.getCause();
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(writer));
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String dumpThrowable(Throwable thr)
dump Throwable

try {
 ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(bos);
 thr.printStackTrace(ps);
 ps.flush();
 bos.flush();
 String str = bos.toString();
 ps.close();
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