1.1 restoration

[mir.git] / source / mir / util / ExceptionFunctions.java

diff --git a/source/mir/util/ExceptionFunctions.java b/source/mir/util/ExceptionFunctions.java
index cd6459f..d831028 100755 (executable)
--- a/source/mir/util/ExceptionFunctions.java
+++ b/source/mir/util/ExceptionFunctions.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002  The Mir-coders group
+ * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 The Mir-coders group
  *
  * This file is part of Mir.
  *
@@ -18,20 +18,21 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
  * In addition, as a special exception, The Mir-coders gives permission to link
- * the code of this program with the com.oreilly.servlet library, any library
- * licensed under the Apache Software License, The Sun (tm) Java Advanced
- * Imaging library (JAI), The Sun JIMI library (or with modified versions of
- * the above that use the same license as the above), and distribute linked
- * combinations including the two.  You must obey the GNU General Public
- * License in all respects for all of the code used other than the above
- * mentioned libraries.  If you modify this file, you may extend this exception
- * to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do
- * not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+ * the code of this program with  any library licensed under the Apache Software License, 
+ * The Sun (tm) Java Advanced Imaging library (JAI), The Sun JIMI library 
+ * (or with modified versions of the above that use the same license as the above), 
+ * and distribute linked combinations including the two.  You must obey the 
+ * GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than 
+ * the above mentioned libraries.  If you modify this file, you may extend this 
+ * exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so.  
+ * If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
  */
-
 package mir.util;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 
 import multex.Failure;
 
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ public class ExceptionFunctions {
    * Traces an exception to it's root cause, using all known exception types that support
    *   cause exceptions.
    *
-   * @param anException
    * @return the cause (if found)
    */
 
@@ -78,4 +78,13 @@ public class ExceptionFunctions {
 
     return result;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Prints an exception's stacktrace to a <code>String</code> 
+   */
+  public static String getStackTrace(Throwable aThrowable) {
+    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+    aThrowable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(writer));
+    return writer.toString();
+  }
 }