Getting the Stacktrace

Found this snippet to get the stacktrace as a printable String on StackOverflow^[1].

	public String stackTraceToString(Throwable e)
	{
	StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
	for (StackTraceElement element : e.getStackTrace())
	{
	sb.append(element.toString());
	sb.append("\n");
	}
	return sb.toString();
	}

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However, this only provides the stacktrace of the exception, not the possible underlying exception as well.
For that, you should look at:

	public String stackTraceToString(Throwable e)
	{
	StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
	PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
	e.printStackTrace(pw);
	return sw.toString();
	}

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Of course, if you do not wish to reinvent the wheel, there is always org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils.getStackTrace(Throwable).

Just thought I'd write this down here, I always forget how to do it.

References

[1] How can I convert a stack trace to a string?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1149703/how-can-i-convert-a-stack-trace-to-a-string