/** * This file is part of Graylog. * * Graylog is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Graylog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with Graylog. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package org.graylog2.shared.utilities; import java.net.UnknownHostException; public class ExceptionUtils { public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable t) { if (t == null) { return null; } Throwable rootCause = t; Throwable cause = rootCause.getCause(); while (cause != null && cause != rootCause) { rootCause = cause; cause = cause.getCause(); } return rootCause; } public static String formatMessageCause(Throwable t) { if (t == null) { return "Unknown cause"; } final StringBuilder causeMessage = new StringBuilder(); // UnknownHostException has only the hostname as error message, we need to add some // information before showing the error message to the user. if (t.getClass() == UnknownHostException.class) { causeMessage.append("Unknown host '"); causeMessage.append(t.getMessage()); causeMessage.append("'"); } else { causeMessage.append(t.getMessage()); } if (!t.getMessage().endsWith(".")) { causeMessage.append("."); } return causeMessage.toString(); } public static String getRootCauseMessage(Throwable t) { return formatMessageCause(getRootCause(t)); } }