//
// DebugTools.java
//

/*
LOCI Common package: utilities for I/O, reflection and miscellaneous tasks.
Copyright (C) 2005-@year@ Melissa Linkert, Curtis Rueden and Chris Allan.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
*/

package loci.common;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;

/**
 * A utility class with convenience methods for debugging.
 *
 * <dl><dt><b>Source code:</b></dt>
 * <dd><a href="https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/trac/java/browser/trunk/components/common/src/loci/common/DebugTools.java">Trac</a>,
 * <a href="https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/svn/java/trunk/components/common/src/loci/common/DebugTools.java">SVN</a></dd></dl>
 *
 * @author Curtis Rueden ctrueden at wisc.edu
 */
public final class DebugTools {

  // -- Constructor --

  private DebugTools() { }

  // -- DebugTools methods --

  /** Extracts the given exception's corresponding stack trace to a string. */
  public static String getStackTrace(Throwable t) {
    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    t.printStackTrace(new PrintStream(out));
    return new String(out.toByteArray());
  }

}

Add utility method for extracting a stack trace string from an exception.