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1   /*
2    ExceptionUtils.java
3    Creation date : 17/06/2011
4    Copyright © Benjamin Croizet (graffity2199@yahoo.fr)
5   
6    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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23   */
24  
25  package net.sourceforge.plantumldependency.common.utils.exception;
26  
27  import java.io.PrintWriter;
28  import java.io.StringWriter;
29  import java.io.Writer;
30  
31  /**
32   * The class utilities for Exception.
33   *
34   * @author Benjamin Croizet (<a href="mailto:graffity2199@yahoo.fr>graffity2199@yahoo.fr</a>)
35   * @since 1.3.0
36   * @version 1.3.0
37   */
38  public abstract class ExceptionUtils {
39  
40      /**
41       * Gets the stack strace of an exception as a {@link String}.
42       *
43       * @param throwable
44       *            the {@link Throwable} to get the stack trace from, mustn't be <code>null</code>.
45       * @return the stack trace of the exception as a {@link String}.
46       * @since 1.3.0
47       */
48      public static String getStackTraceAsString(final Throwable throwable) {
49          final Writer result = new StringWriter();
50          final PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(result);
51          throwable.printStackTrace(printWriter);
52          return result.toString();
53      }
54  
55      /**
56       * Private constructor to prevent from instantiation.
57       *
58       * @since 1.3.0
59       */
60      private ExceptionUtils() {
61          super();
62      }
63  }