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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.util;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.ClassPropertyAdapter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PropertyAccess;
/**
* Contains static methods useful for manipulating exceptions.
*/
public class ExceptionUtils
{
/**
* Locates a particular type of exception, working its way via the cause property of each exception in the exception
* stack.
*
* @param t the outermost exception
* @param type the type of exception to search for
* @return the first exception of the given type, if found, or null
*/
public static <T extends Throwable> T findCause(Throwable t, Class<T> type)
{
Throwable current = t;
while (current != null)
{
if (type.isInstance(current))
{
return type.cast(current);
}
// Not a match, work down.
current = current.getCause();
}
return null;
}
/**
* Locates a particular type of exception, working its way down via any property that returns some type of Exception.
* This is more expensive, but more accurate, than {@link #findCause(Throwable, Class)} as it works with older exceptions
* that do not properly implement the (relatively new) {@linkplain Throwable#getCause() cause property}.
*
* @param t the outermost exception
* @param type the type of exception to search for
* @param access used to access properties
* @return the first exception of the given type, if found, or null
*/
public static <T extends Throwable> T findCause(Throwable t, Class<T> type, PropertyAccess access)
{
Throwable current = t;
while (current != null)
{
if (type.isInstance(current))
{
return type.cast(current);
}
Throwable next = null;
ClassPropertyAdapter adapter = access.getAdapter(current);
for (String name : adapter.getPropertyNames())
{
Object value = adapter.getPropertyAdapter(name).get(current);
if (value != null && value != current && value instanceof Throwable)
{
next = (Throwable) value;
break;
}
}
current = next;
}
return null;
}
/**
* Extracts the message from an exception. If the exception's message is null, returns the exceptions class name.
*
* @param exception
* to extract message from
* @return message or class name
* @since 5.4
*/
public static String toMessage(Throwable exception)
{
assert exception != null;
String message = exception.getMessage();
if (message != null)
return message;
return exception.getClass().getName();
}
}