Get Exception Trace 

The following example shows how to get the exception stack trace as a string.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/io/ExceptionTrace.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.io; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.io.StringWriter; import java.io.Writer; public class ExceptionTrace {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     try {       throwException();     } catch (Exception e) {       //The exception stack message can be written to       //console or a log file or even we can       //send a mail with the trace.              String stackTrace = getStackTrace(e);              System.out.println("****** ERROR ********");       System.out.println(stackTrace);       System.out.println("****** ERROR ********");     }   }      private static void throwException() {     if (true) {       throw new RuntimeException("Some user exception");     }   }      public static String getStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {     Writer result = new StringWriter();     PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(result);     throwable.printStackTrace(printWriter);     return result.toString();   } }

****** ERROR ********
java.lang.RuntimeException: Some user exception
	at com.bethecoder.tutorials.io.ExceptionTrace.throwException(ExceptionTrace.java:31)
	at com.bethecoder.tutorials.io.ExceptionTrace.main(ExceptionTrace.java:15)

****** ERROR ********