Exceptions.java

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package spock.util;

import org.spockframework.util.Assert;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public abstract class Exceptions {
  /**
   * Returns the innermost cause of the specified exception. If the specified exception
   * has no cause, the exception itself is returned.
   *
   * @param exception an exception
   *
   * @return the root cause of the exception
   */
  public static Throwable getRootCause(Throwable exception) {
    Assert.notNull(exception);
    return exception.getCause() == null ? exception : getRootCause(exception.getCause());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list of all causes of the specified exception. The first element of the
   * returned list is the specified exception itself; the last element is its root cause.
   *
   * @param exception an exception
   *
   * @return the exception's cause chain
   */
  public static List<Throwable> getCauseChain(Throwable exception) {
    Assert.notNull(exception);
    List<Throwable> result = new ArrayList<Throwable>();
    collectCauseChain(exception, result);
    return result;
  }

  private static void collectCauseChain(Throwable exception, List<Throwable> collector) {
    if (exception == null) return;
    collector.add(exception);
    collectCauseChain(exception.getCause(), collector);
  }
}