[Mulgara-svn] r1124 - trunk/src/jar/util/java/org/mulgara/util

[pag at mulgara.org]

Author: pag
Date: 2008-08-09 18:59:58 -0700 (Sat, 09 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 1124

Modified:
   trunk/src/jar/util/java/org/mulgara/util/StackTrace.java
Log:
Added in a static utility method to print an arbitrary throwable's stack trace to a string

Modified: trunk/src/jar/util/java/org/mulgara/util/StackTrace.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/jar/util/java/org/mulgara/util/StackTrace.java	2008-08-10 01:58:55 UTC (rev 1123)
+++ trunk/src/jar/util/java/org/mulgara/util/StackTrace.java	2008-08-10 01:59:58 UTC (rev 1124)
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 package org.mulgara.util;
 
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+
 /**
  * Creates a stack trace for the current position at creation, or from a provided
  * Throwable object.
@@ -91,4 +94,15 @@
     return b.toString();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Converts a throwable to a string. This appears an Exception/Error/etc
+   * instead of using the STACK TRACE label.
+   * @param t The Throwable to print.
+   * @return A String with the output from the Throwable.
+   */
+  public static String throwableToString(Throwable t) {
+    StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();
+    t.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(strWriter));
+    return strWriter.toString();
+  }
 }