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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package com.google.common.base;
18 
19 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
20 
21 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
22 
23 import java.io.PrintWriter;
24 import java.io.StringWriter;
25 import java.util.ArrayList;
26 import java.util.Collections;
27 import java.util.List;
28 
29 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
30 
31 /**
32  * Static utility methods pertaining to instances of {@link Throwable}.
33  *
34  * @author Kevin Bourrillion
35  * @author Ben Yu
36  * @since 1.0
37  */
38 public final class Throwables {
Throwables()39   private Throwables() {}
40 
41   /**
42    * Propagates {@code throwable} exactly as-is, if and only if it is an
43    * instance of {@code declaredType}.  Example usage:
44    * <pre>
45    *   try {
46    *     someMethodThatCouldThrowAnything();
47    *   } catch (IKnowWhatToDoWithThisException e) {
48    *     handle(e);
49    *   } catch (Throwable t) {
50    *     Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(t, IOException.class);
51    *     Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(t, SQLException.class);
52    *     throw Throwables.propagate(t);
53    *   }
54    * </pre>
55    */
propagateIfInstanceOf( @ullable Throwable throwable, Class<X> declaredType)56   public static <X extends Throwable> void propagateIfInstanceOf(
57       @Nullable Throwable throwable, Class<X> declaredType) throws X {
58     // Check for null is needed to avoid frequent JNI calls to isInstance().
59     if (throwable != null && declaredType.isInstance(throwable)) {
60       throw declaredType.cast(throwable);
61     }
62   }
63 
64   /**
65    * Propagates {@code throwable} exactly as-is, if and only if it is an
66    * instance of {@link RuntimeException} or {@link Error}.  Example usage:
67    * <pre>
68    *   try {
69    *     someMethodThatCouldThrowAnything();
70    *   } catch (IKnowWhatToDoWithThisException e) {
71    *     handle(e);
72    *   } catch (Throwable t) {
73    *     Throwables.propagateIfPossible(t);
74    *     throw new RuntimeException("unexpected", t);
75    *   }
76    * </pre>
77    */
propagateIfPossible(@ullable Throwable throwable)78   public static void propagateIfPossible(@Nullable Throwable throwable) {
79     propagateIfInstanceOf(throwable, Error.class);
80     propagateIfInstanceOf(throwable, RuntimeException.class);
81   }
82 
83   /**
84    * Propagates {@code throwable} exactly as-is, if and only if it is an
85    * instance of {@link RuntimeException}, {@link Error}, or
86    * {@code declaredType}. Example usage:
87    * <pre>
88    *   try {
89    *     someMethodThatCouldThrowAnything();
90    *   } catch (IKnowWhatToDoWithThisException e) {
91    *     handle(e);
92    *   } catch (Throwable t) {
93    *     Throwables.propagateIfPossible(t, OtherException.class);
94    *     throw new RuntimeException("unexpected", t);
95    *   }
96    * </pre>
97    *
98    * @param throwable the Throwable to possibly propagate
99    * @param declaredType the single checked exception type declared by the
100    *     calling method
101    */
propagateIfPossible( @ullable Throwable throwable, Class<X> declaredType)102   public static <X extends Throwable> void propagateIfPossible(
103       @Nullable Throwable throwable, Class<X> declaredType) throws X {
104     propagateIfInstanceOf(throwable, declaredType);
105     propagateIfPossible(throwable);
106   }
107 
108   /**
109    * Propagates {@code throwable} exactly as-is, if and only if it is an
110    * instance of {@link RuntimeException}, {@link Error}, {@code declaredType1},
111    * or {@code declaredType2}.  In the unlikely case that you have three or more
112    * declared checked exception types, you can handle them all by invoking these
113    * methods repeatedly. See usage example in {@link
114    * #propagateIfPossible(Throwable, Class)}.
115    *
116    * @param throwable the Throwable to possibly propagate
117    * @param declaredType1 any checked exception type declared by the calling
118    *     method
119    * @param declaredType2 any other checked exception type declared by the
120    *     calling method
121    */
122   public static <X1 extends Throwable, X2 extends Throwable>
propagateIfPossible(@ullable Throwable throwable, Class<X1> declaredType1, Class<X2> declaredType2)123       void propagateIfPossible(@Nullable Throwable throwable,
124           Class<X1> declaredType1, Class<X2> declaredType2) throws X1, X2 {
125     checkNotNull(declaredType2);
126     propagateIfInstanceOf(throwable, declaredType1);
127     propagateIfPossible(throwable, declaredType2);
128   }
129 
130   /**
131    * Propagates {@code throwable} as-is if it is an instance of
132    * {@link RuntimeException} or {@link Error}, or else as a last resort, wraps
133    * it in a {@code RuntimeException} then propagates.
134    * <p>
135    * This method always throws an exception. The {@code RuntimeException} return
136    * type is only for client code to make Java type system happy in case a
137    * return value is required by the enclosing method. Example usage:
138    * <pre>
139    *   T doSomething() {
140    *     try {
141    *       return someMethodThatCouldThrowAnything();
142    *     } catch (IKnowWhatToDoWithThisException e) {
143    *       return handle(e);
144    *     } catch (Throwable t) {
145    *       throw Throwables.propagate(t);
146    *     }
147    *   }
148    * </pre>
149    *
150    * @param throwable the Throwable to propagate
151    * @return nothing will ever be returned; this return type is only for your
152    *     convenience, as illustrated in the example above
153    */
propagate(Throwable throwable)154   public static RuntimeException propagate(Throwable throwable) {
155     propagateIfPossible(checkNotNull(throwable));
156     throw new RuntimeException(throwable);
157   }
158 
159   /**
160    * Returns the innermost cause of {@code throwable}. The first throwable in a
161    * chain provides context from when the error or exception was initially
162    * detected. Example usage:
163    * <pre>
164    *   assertEquals("Unable to assign a customer id",
165    *       Throwables.getRootCause(e).getMessage());
166    * </pre>
167    */
getRootCause(Throwable throwable)168   public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable throwable) {
169     Throwable cause;
170     while ((cause = throwable.getCause()) != null) {
171       throwable = cause;
172     }
173     return throwable;
174   }
175 
176   /**
177    * Gets a {@code Throwable} cause chain as a list.  The first entry in the
178    * list will be {@code throwable} followed by its cause hierarchy.  Note
179    * that this is a snapshot of the cause chain and will not reflect
180    * any subsequent changes to the cause chain.
181    *
182    * <p>Here's an example of how it can be used to find specific types
183    * of exceptions in the cause chain:
184    *
185    * <pre>
186    * Iterables.filter(Throwables.getCausalChain(e), IOException.class));
187    * </pre>
188    *
189    * @param throwable the non-null {@code Throwable} to extract causes from
190    * @return an unmodifiable list containing the cause chain starting with
191    *     {@code throwable}
192    */
193   @Beta // TODO(kevinb): decide best return type
getCausalChain(Throwable throwable)194   public static List<Throwable> getCausalChain(Throwable throwable) {
195     checkNotNull(throwable);
196     List<Throwable> causes = new ArrayList<Throwable>(4);
197     while (throwable != null) {
198       causes.add(throwable);
199       throwable = throwable.getCause();
200     }
201     return Collections.unmodifiableList(causes);
202   }
203 
204   /**
205    * Returns a string containing the result of
206    * {@link Throwable#toString() toString()}, followed by the full, recursive
207    * stack trace of {@code throwable}. Note that you probably should not be
208    * parsing the resulting string; if you need programmatic access to the stack
209    * frames, you can call {@link Throwable#getStackTrace()}.
210    */
getStackTraceAsString(Throwable throwable)211   public static String getStackTraceAsString(Throwable throwable) {
212     StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
213     throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stringWriter));
214     return stringWriter.toString();
215   }
216 }
217