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package com.alee.utils;

import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

/**
 * This class provides a set of utilities to work with exceptions.
 * Some methods in this class are based on Apache Commons library sources.
 *
 * @author Mikle Garin
 */

public final class ExceptionUtils
{
    /**
     * Returns the stack trace from a Throwable as a String.
     * 
     * The result of this method vary by JDK version as this method uses {@link Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter)}.
     * On JDK1.3 and earlier, the cause exception will not be shown unless the specified throwable alters printStackTrace.
     *
     * @param throwable the {@code Throwable} to be examined
     * @return the stack trace as generated by the exception's {@code printStackTrace(PrintWriter)} method
     */
    public static String getStackTrace ( final Throwable throwable )
    {
        final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter ();
        final PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter ( sw, true );
        throwable.printStackTrace ( pw );
        return sw.getBuffer ().toString ();
    }

    /**
     * Returns String representation of the specified stack trace.
     *
     * @param trace stack trace
     * @return String representation of the specified stack trace
     */
    public static String getStackTrace ( final StackTraceElement[] trace )
    {
        final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter ();
        final PrintWriter s = new PrintWriter ( sw, true );
        for ( final StackTraceElement element : trace )
        {
            s.println ( "\tat " + element );
        }
        return sw.getBuffer ().toString ();
    }
}