The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e101. Getting the Stack Trace of an Exception

    try {
        // My code
    } catch (Throwable e) {
        // Get the stack trace
        StackTraceElement stack[] = e.getStackTrace();
    
        // stack[0] contains the method that created the exception.
        // stack[stack.length-1] contains the oldest method call.
        // Enumerate each stack element.
        for (int i=0; i<stack.length; i++) {
            String filename = stack[i].getFileName();
            if (filename == null) {
                // The source filename is not available
            }
            String className = stack[i].getClassName();
            String methodName = stack[i].getMethodName();
            boolean isNativeMethod = stack[i].isNativeMethod();
            int line = stack[i].getLineNumber();
        }
    }

Related Examples

e92. Creating a Thread
e93. Stopping a Thread
e94. Determining When a Thread Has Finished
e95. Pausing the Current Thread
e96. Pausing a Thread
e97. Determining If the Current Thread Is Holding a Synchronized Lock
e98. Allowing an Application with Live Threads to Exit
e99. Listing All Running Threads
e100. Using a Thread-Local Variable
e102. Implementing a Work Queue

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