Java get Stack Trace as String

In this section, you will learn how to get the stack trace of an exception as a String. We are providing you an example, which is throwing an IllegalArgumentException using Throwable class.

throwable.printStackTrace(printWriter)- This method prints the throwable exception and its stack trace to the specified print writer.

writer.toString()- This method returns the return the stack trace of an exception as a String.

Here is the code of GetStackTrace.java


import java.io.*;

public class GetStackTraceAsString{



  public static String getStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {

  Writer writer = new StringWriter();

  PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(writer);

  throwable.printStackTrace(printWriter);

  return writer.toString();

  }

  public static void main (String[]args){

  final Throwable throwable = new IllegalArgumentException("Hello");

  System.out.println( getStackTrace(throwable) );

 }

}

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Java get Stack Trace as String

Java get Stack Trace as String

Java get Stack Trace as String

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