org.nuxeo.common.utils
Class ExceptionUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.nuxeo.common.utils.ExceptionUtils

public final class ExceptionUtils
extends Object

Provides utility methods for manipulating and examining exceptions in a generic way.

Author:

DM

Method Summary

static Throwable

getRootCause(Throwable throwable) Gets the root cause of the given Throwable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getRootCause

public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable throwable)

Gets the root cause of the given Throwable.

This method walks through the exception chain up to the root of the exceptions tree using Throwable.getCause(), and returns the root exception.

Parameters:

throwable - the throwable to get the root cause for, may be null - this is to avoid throwing other un-interesting exception when handling a business-important exception

Returns:

the root cause of the Throwable, null if none found or null throwable input