Source for java.lang.Throwable

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  37: 
  38: package java.lang;
  39: 
  40: import gnu.classpath.SystemProperties;
  41: 
  42: import java.io.PrintStream;
  43: import java.io.PrintWriter;
  44: import java.io.Serializable;
  45: 
  46: /**
  47:  * Throwable is the superclass of all exceptions that can be raised.
  48:  *
  49:  * <p>There are two special cases: {@link Error} and {@link RuntimeException}:
  50:  * these two classes (and their subclasses) are considered unchecked
  51:  * exceptions, and are either frequent enough or catastrophic enough that you
  52:  * do not need to declare them in <code>throws</code> clauses.  Everything
  53:  * else is a checked exception, and is ususally a subclass of
  54:  * {@link Exception}; these exceptions have to be handled or declared.
  55:  *
  56:  * <p>Instances of this class are usually created with knowledge of the
  57:  * execution context, so that you can get a stack trace of the problem spot
  58:  * in the code.  Also, since JDK 1.4, Throwables participate in "exception
  59:  * chaining."  This means that one exception can be caused by another, and
  60:  * preserve the information of the original.
  61:  *
  62:  * <p>One reason this is useful is to wrap exceptions to conform to an
  63:  * interface.  For example, it would be bad design to require all levels
  64:  * of a program interface to be aware of the low-level exceptions thrown
  65:  * at one level of abstraction. Another example is wrapping a checked
  66:  * exception in an unchecked one, to communicate that failure occured
  67:  * while still obeying the method throws clause of a superclass.
  68:  *
  69:  * <p>A cause is assigned in one of two ways; but can only be assigned once
  70:  * in the lifetime of the Throwable.  There are new constructors added to
  71:  * several classes in the exception hierarchy that directly initialize the
  72:  * cause, or you can use the <code>initCause</code> method. This second
  73:  * method is especially useful if the superclass has not been retrofitted
  74:  * with new constructors:<br>
  75:  * <pre>
  76:  * try
  77:  *   {
  78:  *     lowLevelOp();
  79:  *   }
  80:  * catch (LowLevelException lle)
  81:  *   {
  82:  *     throw (HighLevelException) new HighLevelException().initCause(lle);
  83:  *   }
  84:  * </pre>
  85:  * Notice the cast in the above example; without it, your method would need
  86:  * a throws clase that declared Throwable, defeating the purpose of chainig
  87:  * your exceptions.
  88:  *
  89:  * <p>By convention, exception classes have two constructors: one with no
  90:  * arguments, and one that takes a String for a detail message.  Further,
  91:  * classes which are likely to be used in an exception chain also provide
  92:  * a constructor that takes a Throwable, with or without a detail message
  93:  * string.
  94:  *
  95:  * <p>Another 1.4 feature is the StackTrace, a means of reflection that
  96:  * allows the program to inspect the context of the exception, and which is
  97:  * serialized, so that remote procedure calls can correctly pass exceptions.
  98:  *
  99:  * @author Brian Jones
 100:  * @author John Keiser
 101:  * @author Mark Wielaard
 102:  * @author Tom Tromey
 103:  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 104:  * @since 1.0
 105:  * @status updated to 1.4
 106:  */
 107: public class Throwable implements Serializable
 108: {
 109:   /**
 110:    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
 111:    */
 112:   private static final long serialVersionUID = -3042686055658047285L;
 113: 
 114:   /**
 115:    * The detail message.
 116:    *
 117:    * @serial specific details about the exception, may be null
 118:    */
 119:   private final String detailMessage;
 120: 
 121:   /**
 122:    * The cause of the throwable, including null for an unknown or non-chained
 123:    * cause. This may only be set once; so the field is set to
 124:    * <code>this</code> until initialized.
 125:    *
 126:    * @serial the cause, or null if unknown, or this if not yet set
 127:    * @since 1.4
 128:    */
 129:   private Throwable cause = this;
 130: 
 131:   /**
 132:    * The stack trace, in a serialized form.
 133:    *
 134:    * @serial the elements of the stack trace; this is non-null, and has
 135:    *         no null entries
 136:    * @since 1.4
 137:    */
 138:   private StackTraceElement[] stackTrace;
 139: 
 140:   /**
 141:    * Instantiate this Throwable with an empty message. The cause remains
 142:    * uninitialized.  {@link #fillInStackTrace()} will be called to set
 143:    * up the stack trace.
 144:    */
 145:   public Throwable()
 146:   {
 147:     this((String) null);
 148:   }
 149: 
 150:   /**
 151:    * Instantiate this Throwable with the given message. The cause remains
 152:    * uninitialized.  {@link #fillInStackTrace()} will be called to set
 153:    * up the stack trace.
 154:    *
 155:    * @param message the message to associate with the Throwable
 156:    */
 157:   public Throwable(String message)
 158:   {
 159:     fillInStackTrace();
 160:     detailMessage = message;
 161:   }
 162: 
 163:   /**
 164:    * Instantiate this Throwable with the given message and cause. Note that
 165:    * the message is unrelated to the message of the cause.
 166:    * {@link #fillInStackTrace()} will be called to set up the stack trace.
 167:    *
 168:    * @param message the message to associate with the Throwable
 169:    * @param cause the cause, may be null
 170:    * @since 1.4
 171:    */
 172:   public Throwable(String message, Throwable cause)
 173:   {
 174:     this(message);
 175:     this.cause = cause;
 176:   }
 177: 
 178:   /**
 179:    * Instantiate this Throwable with the given cause. The message is then
 180:    * built as <code>cause == null ? null : cause.toString()</code>.
 181:    * {@link #fillInStackTrace()} will be called to set up the stack trace.
 182:    *
 183:    * @param cause the cause, may be null
 184:    * @since 1.4
 185:    */
 186:   public Throwable(Throwable cause)
 187:   {
 188:     this(cause == null ? null : cause.toString(), cause);
 189:   }
 190: 
 191:   /**
 192:    * Get the message associated with this Throwable.
 193:    *
 194:    * @return the error message associated with this Throwable, may be null
 195:    */
 196:   public String getMessage()
 197:   {
 198:     return detailMessage;
 199:   }
 200: 
 201:   /**
 202:    * Get a localized version of this Throwable's error message.
 203:    * This method must be overridden in a subclass of Throwable
 204:    * to actually produce locale-specific methods.  The Throwable
 205:    * implementation just returns getMessage().
 206:    *
 207:    * @return a localized version of this error message
 208:    * @see #getMessage()
 209:    * @since 1.1
 210:    */
 211:   public String getLocalizedMessage()
 212:   {
 213:     return getMessage();
 214:   }
 215: 
 216:   /**
 217:    * Returns the cause of this exception, or null if the cause is not known
 218:    * or non-existant. This cause is initialized by the new constructors,
 219:    * or by calling initCause.
 220:    *
 221:    * @return the cause of this Throwable
 222:    * @since 1.4
 223:    */
 224:   public Throwable getCause()
 225:   {
 226:     return cause == this ? null : cause;
 227:   }
 228: 
 229:   /**
 230:    * Initialize the cause of this Throwable.  This may only be called once
 231:    * during the object lifetime, including implicitly by chaining
 232:    * constructors.
 233:    *
 234:    * @param cause the cause of this Throwable, may be null
 235:    * @return this
 236:    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if cause is this (a Throwable can't be
 237:    *         its own cause!)
 238:    * @throws IllegalStateException if the cause has already been set
 239:    * @since 1.4
 240:    */
 241:   public Throwable initCause(Throwable cause)
 242:   {
 243:     if (cause == this)
 244:       throw new IllegalArgumentException();
 245:     if (this.cause != this)
 246:       throw new IllegalStateException();
 247:     this.cause = cause;
 248:     return this;
 249:   }
 250: 
 251:   /**
 252:    * Get a human-readable representation of this Throwable. The detail message
 253:    * is retrieved by getLocalizedMessage().  Then, with a null detail
 254:    * message, this string is simply the object's class name; otherwise
 255:    * the string is <code>getClass().getName() + ": " + message</code>.
 256:    *
 257:    * @return a human-readable String represting this Throwable
 258:    */
 259:   public String toString()
 260:   {
 261:     String msg = getLocalizedMessage();
 262:     return getClass().getName() + (msg == null ? "" : ": " + msg);
 263:   }
 264: 
 265:   /**
 266:    * Print a stack trace to the standard error stream. This stream is the
 267:    * current contents of <code>System.err</code>. The first line of output
 268:    * is the result of {@link #toString()}, and the remaining lines represent
 269:    * the data created by {@link #fillInStackTrace()}. While the format is
 270:    * unspecified, this implementation uses the suggested format, demonstrated
 271:    * by this example:<br>
 272:    * <pre>
 273:    * public class Junk
 274:    * {
 275:    *   public static void main(String args[])
 276:    *   {
 277:    *     try
 278:    *       {
 279:    *         a();
 280:    *       }
 281:    *     catch(HighLevelException e)
 282:    *       {
 283:    *         e.printStackTrace();
 284:    *       }
 285:    *   }
 286:    *   static void a() throws HighLevelException
 287:    *   {
 288:    *     try
 289:    *       {
 290:    *         b();
 291:    *       }
 292:    *     catch(MidLevelException e)
 293:    *       {
 294:    *         throw new HighLevelException(e);
 295:    *       }
 296:    *   }
 297:    *   static void b() throws MidLevelException
 298:    *   {
 299:    *     c();
 300:    *   }
 301:    *   static void c() throws MidLevelException
 302:    *   {
 303:    *     try
 304:    *       {
 305:    *         d();
 306:    *       }
 307:    *     catch(LowLevelException e)
 308:    *       {
 309:    *         throw new MidLevelException(e);
 310:    *       }
 311:    *   }
 312:    *   static void d() throws LowLevelException
 313:    *   {
 314:    *     e();
 315:    *   }
 316:    *   static void e() throws LowLevelException
 317:    *   {
 318:    *     throw new LowLevelException();
 319:    *   }
 320:    * }
 321:    * class HighLevelException extends Exception
 322:    * {
 323:    *   HighLevelException(Throwable cause) { super(cause); }
 324:    * }
 325:    * class MidLevelException extends Exception
 326:    * {
 327:    *   MidLevelException(Throwable cause)  { super(cause); }
 328:    * }
 329:    * class LowLevelException extends Exception
 330:    * {
 331:    * }
 332:    * </pre>
 333:    * <p>
 334:    * <pre>
 335:    *  HighLevelException: MidLevelException: LowLevelException
 336:    *          at Junk.a(Junk.java:13)
 337:    *          at Junk.main(Junk.java:4)
 338:    *  Caused by: MidLevelException: LowLevelException
 339:    *          at Junk.c(Junk.java:23)
 340:    *          at Junk.b(Junk.java:17)
 341:    *          at Junk.a(Junk.java:11)
 342:    *          ... 1 more
 343:    *  Caused by: LowLevelException
 344:    *          at Junk.e(Junk.java:30)
 345:    *          at Junk.d(Junk.java:27)
 346:    *          at Junk.c(Junk.java:21)
 347:    *          ... 3 more
 348:    * </pre>
 349:    */
 350:   public void printStackTrace()
 351:   {
 352:     printStackTrace(System.err);
 353:   }
 354: 
 355:   /**
 356:    * Print a stack trace to the specified PrintStream. See
 357:    * {@link #printStackTrace()} for the sample format.
 358:    *
 359:    * @param s the PrintStream to write the trace to
 360:    */
 361:   public void printStackTrace(PrintStream s)
 362:   {
 363:     s.print(stackTraceString());
 364:   }
 365: 
 366:   /**
 367:    * Prints the exception, the detailed message and the stack trace
 368:    * associated with this Throwable to the given <code>PrintWriter</code>.
 369:    * The actual output written is implemention specific. Use the result of
 370:    * <code>getStackTrace()</code> when more precise information is needed.
 371:    *
 372:    * <p>This implementation first prints a line with the result of this
 373:    * object's <code>toString()</code> method.
 374:    * <br>
 375:    * Then for all elements given by <code>getStackTrace</code> it prints
 376:    * a line containing three spaces, the string "at " and the result of calling
 377:    * the <code>toString()</code> method on the <code>StackTraceElement</code>
 378:    * object. If <code>getStackTrace()</code> returns an empty array it prints
 379:    * a line containing three spaces and the string
 380:    * "&lt;&lt;No stacktrace available&gt;&gt;".
 381:    * <br>
 382:    * Then if <code>getCause()</code> doesn't return null it adds a line
 383:    * starting with "Caused by: " and the result of calling
 384:    * <code>toString()</code> on the cause.
 385:    * <br>
 386:    * Then for every cause (of a cause, etc) the stacktrace is printed the
 387:    * same as for the top level <code>Throwable</code> except that as soon
 388:    * as all the remaining stack frames of the cause are the same as the
 389:    * the last stack frames of the throwable that the cause is wrapped in
 390:    * then a line starting with three spaces and the string "... X more" is
 391:    * printed, where X is the number of remaining stackframes.
 392:    *
 393:    * @param pw the PrintWriter to write the trace to
 394:    * @since 1.1
 395:    */
 396:   public void printStackTrace (PrintWriter pw)
 397:   {
 398:     pw.print(stackTraceString());
 399:   }
 400: 
 401:   /*
 402:    * We use inner class to avoid a static initializer in this basic class.
 403:    */
 404:   private static class StaticData
 405:   {
 406:     static final String nl = SystemProperties.getProperty("line.separator");
 407:   }
 408: 
 409:   // Create whole stack trace in a stringbuffer so we don't have to print
 410:   // it line by line. This prevents printing multiple stack traces from
 411:   // different threads to get mixed up when written to the same PrintWriter.
 412:   private String stackTraceString()
 413:   {
 414:     StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 415: 
 416:     // Main stacktrace
 417:     StackTraceElement[] stack = getStackTrace();
 418:     stackTraceStringBuffer(sb, this.toString(), stack, 0);
 419: 
 420:     // The cause(s)
 421:     Throwable cause = getCause();
 422:     while (cause != null)
 423:       {
 424:     // Cause start first line
 425:         sb.append("Caused by: ");
 426: 
 427:         // Cause stacktrace
 428:         StackTraceElement[] parentStack = stack;
 429:         stack = cause.getStackTrace();
 430:     if (parentStack == null || parentStack.length == 0)
 431:       stackTraceStringBuffer(sb, cause.toString(), stack, 0);
 432:     else
 433:       {
 434:         int equal = 0; // Count how many of the last stack frames are equal
 435:         int frame = stack.length-1;
 436:         int parentFrame = parentStack.length-1;
 437:         while (frame > 0 && parentFrame > 0)
 438:           {
 439:         if (stack[frame].equals(parentStack[parentFrame]))
 440:           {
 441:             equal++;
 442:             frame--;
 443:             parentFrame--;
 444:           }
 445:         else
 446:           break;
 447:           }
 448:         stackTraceStringBuffer(sb, cause.toString(), stack, equal);
 449:       }
 450:         cause = cause.getCause();
 451:       }
 452: 
 453:     return sb.toString();
 454:   }
 455: 
 456:   // Adds to the given StringBuffer a line containing the name and
 457:   // all stacktrace elements minus the last equal ones.
 458:   private static void stackTraceStringBuffer(StringBuffer sb, String name,
 459:                     StackTraceElement[] stack, int equal)
 460:   {
 461:     String nl = StaticData.nl;
 462:     // (finish) first line
 463:     sb.append(name);
 464:     sb.append(nl);
 465: 
 466:     // The stacktrace
 467:     if (stack == null || stack.length == 0)
 468:       {
 469:     sb.append("   <<No stacktrace available>>");
 470:     sb.append(nl);
 471:       }
 472:     else
 473:       {
 474:     for (int i = 0; i < stack.length-equal; i++)
 475:       {
 476:         sb.append("   at ");
 477:         sb.append(stack[i] == null ? "<<Unknown>>" : stack[i].toString());
 478:         sb.append(nl);
 479:       }
 480:     if (equal > 0)
 481:       {
 482:         sb.append("   ...");
 483:         sb.append(equal);
 484:         sb.append(" more");
 485:         sb.append(nl);
 486:       }
 487:       }
 488:   }
 489: 
 490:   /**
 491:    * Fill in the stack trace with the current execution stack.
 492:    *
 493:    * @return this same throwable
 494:    * @see #printStackTrace()
 495:    */
 496:   public Throwable fillInStackTrace()
 497:   {
 498:     vmState = VMThrowable.fillInStackTrace(this);
 499:     stackTrace = null; // Should be regenerated when used.
 500: 
 501:     return this;
 502:   }
 503: 
 504:   /**
 505:    * Provides access to the information printed in {@link #printStackTrace()}.
 506:    * The array is non-null, with no null entries, although the virtual
 507:    * machine is allowed to skip stack frames.  If the array is not 0-length,
 508:    * then slot 0 holds the information on the stack frame where the Throwable
 509:    * was created (or at least where <code>fillInStackTrace()</code> was
 510:    * called).
 511:    *
 512:    * @return an array of stack trace information, as available from the VM
 513:    * @since 1.4
 514:    */
 515:   public StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace()
 516:   {
 517:     if (stackTrace == null)
 518:       if (vmState == null)
 519:     stackTrace = new StackTraceElement[0];
 520:       else 
 521:     {
 522:       stackTrace = vmState.getStackTrace(this);
 523:       vmState = null; // No longer needed
 524:     }
 525: 
 526:     return stackTrace;
 527:   }
 528: 
 529:   /**
 530:    * Change the stack trace manually. This method is designed for remote
 531:    * procedure calls, which intend to alter the stack trace before or after
 532:    * serialization according to the context of the remote call.
 533:    * <p>
 534:    * The contents of the given stacktrace is copied so changes to the
 535:    * original array do not change the stack trace elements of this
 536:    * throwable.
 537:    *
 538:    * @param stackTrace the new trace to use
 539:    * @throws NullPointerException if stackTrace is null or has null elements
 540:    * @since 1.4
 541:    */
 542:   public void setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)
 543:   {
 544:     int i = stackTrace.length;
 545:     StackTraceElement[] st = new StackTraceElement[i];
 546: 
 547:     while (--i >= 0)
 548:       {
 549:     st[i] = stackTrace[i];
 550:     if (st[i] == null)
 551:       throw new NullPointerException("Element " + i + " null");
 552:       }
 553: 
 554:     this.stackTrace = st;
 555:   }
 556: 
 557:   /**
 558:    * VM state when fillInStackTrace was called.
 559:    * Used by getStackTrace() to get an array of StackTraceElements.
 560:    * Cleared when no longer needed.
 561:    */
 562:   private transient VMThrowable vmState;
 563: }