Package org.anchoranalysis.core.exception.friendly

Class RecursivelyDescribeExceptionStack

Object

RecursivelyDescribeExceptionStack

public class RecursivelyDescribeExceptionStack
extends Object

Generates a nice string representation of an Exception and its causes according to certain rules.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	apply(Throwable excDescribe, Writer writer, String prefix, int wordWrapLimit, boolean showExceptionType)	Incrementally adds a line to a string builder with the message of each exception moving onto the next nested exception until there are no more

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

apply

public static void apply(Throwable excDescribe,
 Writer writer,
 String prefix,
 int wordWrapLimit,
 boolean showExceptionType)
                  throws IOException

Incrementally adds a line to a string builder with the message of each exception moving onto the next nested exception until there are no more

Parameters:

excDescribe - exception to describe

writer - where the friendly-messaged is outputted

prefix - incrementally prepended to each message (first message is skipped)

wordWrapLimit - max-number of characters of a single-line of the screen (considering only prefix + line), if it's -1 it is disabled

showExceptionType - adds a rightmost column showing the exception class type

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs with the writer