StacktraceUtil.java

package org.osmorc;

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

/**
 * I am pretty sure a class like this already exists but I can't seem to find it.
 * @author <a href="janthomae@janthomae.de">Jan Thomä</a>
 * @version $Id:$
 */
public class StacktraceUtil {

    private StacktraceUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Converts a stacktrace to string.
     *
     * @param throwable exception which's stacktrace is to be converted.
     * @return the stacktrace as a string
     */
    public static String stackTraceToString(final Throwable throwable) {
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
        return sw.toString();
    }

}