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  26 package java.lang;
  27 import  java.io.*;
  28 import  java.util.*;
  29 
  30 /**
  31  * The {@code Throwable} class is the superclass of all errors and
  32  * exceptions in the Java language. Only objects that are instances of this
  33  * class (or one of its subclasses) are thrown by the Java Virtual Machine or
  34  * can be thrown by the Java {@code throw} statement. Similarly, only
  35  * this class or one of its subclasses can be the argument type in a
  36  * {@code catch} clause.
  37  *
  38  * For the purposes of compile-time checking of exceptions, {@code
  39  * Throwable} and any subclass of {@code Throwable} that is not also a
  40  * subclass of either {@link RuntimeException} or {@link Error} are
  41  * regarded as checked exceptions.
  42  *
  43  * <p>Instances of two subclasses, {@link java.lang.Error} and
  44  * {@link java.lang.Exception}, are conventionally used to indicate
  45  * that exceptional situations have occurred. Typically, these instances
  46  * are freshly created in the context of the exceptional situation so
  47  * as to include relevant information (such as stack trace data).
  48  *
  49  * <p>A throwable contains a snapshot of the execution stack of its thread at
  50  * the time it was created. It can also contain a message string that gives
  51  * more information about the error. Finally, it can contain a <i>cause</i>:
  52  * another throwable that caused this throwable to get thrown.  The cause
  53  * facility is new in release 1.4.  It is also known as the <i>chained
  54  * exception</i> facility, as the cause can, itself, have a cause, and so on,
  55  * leading to a "chain" of exceptions, each caused by another.
  56  *
  57  * <p>One reason that a throwable may have a cause is that the class that
  58  * throws it is built atop a lower layered abstraction, and an operation on
  59  * the upper layer fails due to a failure in the lower layer.  It would be bad
  60  * design to let the throwable thrown by the lower layer propagate outward, as
  61  * it is generally unrelated to the abstraction provided by the upper layer.
  62  * Further, doing so would tie the API of the upper layer to the details of
  63  * its implementation, assuming the lower layer's exception was a checked
  64  * exception.  Throwing a "wrapped exception" (i.e., an exception containing a
  65  * cause) allows the upper layer to communicate the details of the failure to
  66  * its caller without incurring either of these shortcomings.  It preserves
  67  * the flexibility to change the implementation of the upper layer without
  68  * changing its API (in particular, the set of exceptions thrown by its
  69  * methods).
  70  *
  71  * <p>A second reason that a throwable may have a cause is that the method
  72  * that throws it must conform to a general-purpose interface that does not
  73  * permit the method to throw the cause directly.  For example, suppose
  74  * a persistent collection conforms to the {@link java.util.Collection
  75  * Collection} interface, and that its persistence is implemented atop
  76  * {@code java.io}.  Suppose the internals of the {@code add} method
  77  * can throw an {@link java.io.IOException IOException}.  The implementation
  78  * can communicate the details of the {@code IOException} to its caller
  79  * while conforming to the {@code Collection} interface by wrapping the
  80  * {@code IOException} in an appropriate unchecked exception.  (The
  81  * specification for the persistent collection should indicate that it is
  82  * capable of throwing such exceptions.)
  83  *
  84  * <p>A cause can be associated with a throwable in two ways: via a
  85  * constructor that takes the cause as an argument, or via the
  86  * {@link #initCause(Throwable)} method.  New throwable classes that
  87  * wish to allow causes to be associated with them should provide constructors
  88  * that take a cause and delegate (perhaps indirectly) to one of the
  89  * {@code Throwable} constructors that takes a cause.  For example:
  90  * <pre>
  91  *     try {
  92  *         lowLevelOp();
  93  *     } catch (LowLevelException le) {
  94  *         throw new HighLevelException(le);  // Chaining-aware constructor
  95  *     }
  96  * </pre>
  97  * Because the {@code initCause} method is public, it allows a cause to be
  98  * associated with any throwable, even a "legacy throwable" whose
  99  * implementation predates the addition of the exception chaining mechanism to
 100  * {@code Throwable}. For example:
 101  * <pre>
 102  *     try {
 103  *         lowLevelOp();
 104  *     } catch (LowLevelException le) {
 105  *         throw (HighLevelException)
 106  *               new HighLevelException().initCause(le);  // Legacy constructor
 107  *     }
 108  * </pre>
 109  *
 110  * <p>Prior to release 1.4, there were many throwables that had their own
 111  * non-standard exception chaining mechanisms (
 112  * {@link ExceptionInInitializerError}, {@link ClassNotFoundException},
 113  * {@link java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException},
 114  * {@link java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException},
 115  * {@link java.io.WriteAbortedException},
 116  * {@link java.security.PrivilegedActionException},
 117  * {@link java.awt.print.PrinterIOException},
 118  * {@link java.rmi.RemoteException} and
 119  * {@link javax.naming.NamingException}).
 120  * All of these throwables have been retrofitted to
 121  * use the standard exception chaining mechanism, while continuing to
 122  * implement their "legacy" chaining mechanisms for compatibility.
 123  *
 124  * <p>Further, as of release 1.4, many general purpose {@code Throwable}
 125  * classes (for example {@link Exception}, {@link RuntimeException},
 126  * {@link Error}) have been retrofitted with constructors that take
 127  * a cause.  This was not strictly necessary, due to the existence of the
 128  * {@code initCause} method, but it is more convenient and expressive to
 129  * delegate to a constructor that takes a cause.
 130  *
 131  * <p>By convention, class {@code Throwable} and its subclasses have two
 132  * constructors, one that takes no arguments and one that takes a
 133  * {@code String} argument that can be used to produce a detail message.
 134  * Further, those subclasses that might likely have a cause associated with
 135  * them should have two more constructors, one that takes a
 136  * {@code Throwable} (the cause), and one that takes a
 137  * {@code String} (the detail message) and a {@code Throwable} (the
 138  * cause).
 139  *
 140  * <p>Also introduced in release 1.4 is the {@link #getStackTrace()} method,
 141  * which allows programmatic access to the stack trace information that was
 142  * previously available only in text form, via the various forms of the
 143  * {@link #printStackTrace()} method.  This information has been added to the
 144  * <i>serialized representation</i> of this class so {@code getStackTrace}
 145  * and {@code printStackTrace} will operate properly on a throwable that
 146  * was obtained by deserialization.
 147  *
 148  * @author  unascribed
 149  * @author  Josh Bloch (Added exception chaining and programmatic access to
 150  *          stack trace in 1.4.)
 151  * @jls3 11.2 Compile-Time Checking of Exceptions
 152  * @since JDK1.0
 153  */
 154 public class Throwable implements Serializable {
 155     /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
 156     private static final long serialVersionUID = -3042686055658047285L;
 157 
 158     /**
 159      * Native code saves some indication of the stack backtrace in this slot.
 160      */
 161     private transient Object backtrace;
 162 
 163     /**
 164      * Specific details about the Throwable.  For example, for
 165      * {@code FileNotFoundException}, this contains the name of
 166      * the file that could not be found.
 167      *
 168      * @serial
 169      */
 170     private String detailMessage;
 171 
 172     
 173     /**
 174      * Holder class to defer initializing sentinel objects only used
 175      * for serialization.
 176      */
 177     private static class SentinelHolder {
 178         /**
 179          * {@linkplain #setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[]) Setting the
 180          * stack trace} to a one-element array containing this sentinel
 181          * value indicates future attempts to set the stack trace will be
 182          * ignored.  The sentinal is equal to the result of calling:<br>
 183          * {@code new StackTraceElement("", "", null, Integer.MIN_VALUE)}
 184          */
 185         public static final StackTraceElement STACK_TRACE_ELEMENT_SENTINEL =
 186             new StackTraceElement("", "", null, Integer.MIN_VALUE);
 187 
 188         /**
 189          * Sentinel value used in the serial form to indicate an immutable
 190          * stack trace.
 191          */
 192         public static final StackTraceElement[] STACK_TRACE_SENTINEL = 
 193             new StackTraceElement[] {STACK_TRACE_ELEMENT_SENTINEL};
 194     }
 195 
 196     /**
 197      * A value indicating the stack trace field has not yet been initialized.
 198      */
 199     private static final StackTraceElement[] EMPTY_STACK = new StackTraceElement[0];
 200 
 201     /*
 202      * To allow Throwable objects to be made immutable and safely
 203      * reused by the JVM, such as OutOfMemoryErrors, the three fields
 204      * of Throwable that are writable in response to user actions,
 205      * cause, stackTrace, and suppressedExceptions obey the following
 206      * protocol:
 207      *
 208      * 1) The fields are initialized to a non-null sentinel value
 209      * which indicates the value has logically not been set.
 210      *
 211      * 2) Writing a null to the field indicates further writes
 212      * are forbidden
 213      * 
 214      * 3) The sentinel value may be replaced with another non-null
 215      * value.
 216      *
 217      * For example, implementations of the HotSpot JVM have
 218      * preallocated OutOfMemoryError objects to provide for better
 219      * diagnosability of that situation.  These objects are created
 220      * without calling the constructor for that class and the fields
 221      * in question are initialized to null.  To support this
 222      * capability, any new fields added to Throwable that require
 223      * being initialized to a non-null value require a coordinated JVM
 224      * change.
 225      */
 226 
 227     /**
 228      * The throwable that caused this throwable to get thrown, or null if this
 229      * throwable was not caused by another throwable, or if the causative
 230      * throwable is unknown.  If this field is equal to this throwable itself,
 231      * it indicates that the cause of this throwable has not yet been
 232      * initialized.
 233      *
 234      * @serial
 235      * @since 1.4
 236      */
 237     private Throwable cause = this;
 238 
 239     /**
 240      * The stack trace, as returned by {@link #getStackTrace()}.
 241      *
 242      * The field is initialized to a zero-length array.  A {@code
 243      * null} value of this field indicates subsequent calls to {@link
 244      * #setStackTrace()} will be be no-ops.
 245      *
 246      * @serial
 247      * @since 1.4
 248      */
 249     private StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = EMPTY_STACK;
 250 
 251     // Setting this static field introduces an acceptable
 252     // initialization dependency on a few java.util classes.
 253     private static final List<Throwable> suppressedSentinel =
 254         Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<Throwable>(0));
 255 
 256     /**
 257      * The list of suppressed exceptions, as returned by {@link
 258      * #getSuppressed()}.  The list is initialized to a zero-element
 259      * unmodifiable sentinel list.  When a serialized Throwable is
 260      * read in, if the {@code suppressedExceptions} field points to a
 261      * zero-element list, the field is reset to the sentinel value.
 262      *
 263      * @serial
 264      * @since 1.7
 265      */
 266     private List<Throwable> suppressedExceptions = suppressedSentinel;
 267 
 268     /** Message for trying to suppress a null exception. */
 269     private static final String NULL_CAUSE_MESSAGE = "Cannot suppress a null exception.";
 270 
 271     /** Message for trying to suppress oneself. */
 272     private static final String SELF_SUPPRESSION_MESSAGE = "Self-suppression not permitted";
 273 
 274     /** Caption  for labeling causative exception stack traces */
 275     private static final String CAUSE_CAPTION = "Caused by: ";
 276 
 277     /** Caption for labeling suppressed exception stack traces */
 278     private static final String SUPPRESSED_CAPTION = "Suppressed: ";
 279 
 280     /**
 281      * Constructs a new throwable with {@code null} as its detail message.
 282      * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a
 283      * call to {@link #initCause}.
 284      *
 285      * <p>The {@link #fillInStackTrace()} method is called to initialize
 286      * the stack trace data in the newly created throwable.
 287      */
 288     public Throwable() {
 289         fillInStackTrace();
 290     }
 291 
 292     /**
 293      * Constructs a new throwable with the specified detail message.  The
 294      * cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by
 295      * a call to {@link #initCause}.
 296      *
 297      * <p>The {@link #fillInStackTrace()} method is called to initialize
 298      * the stack trace data in the newly created throwable.
 299      *
 300      * @param   message   the detail message. The detail message is saved for
 301      *          later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
 302      */
 303     public Throwable(String message) {
 304         fillInStackTrace();
 305         detailMessage = message;
 306     }
 307 
 308     /**
 309      * Constructs a new throwable with the specified detail message and
 310      * cause.  <p>Note that the detail message associated with
 311      * {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
 312      * this throwable's detail message.
 313      *
 314      * <p>The {@link #fillInStackTrace()} method is called to initialize
 315      * the stack trace data in the newly created throwable.
 316      *
 317      * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
 318      *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
 319      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
 320      *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
 321      *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
 322      *         unknown.)
 323      * @since  1.4
 324      */
 325     public Throwable(String message, Throwable cause) {
 326         fillInStackTrace();
 327         detailMessage = message;
 328         this.cause = cause;
 329     }
 330 
 331     /**
 332      * Constructs a new throwable with the specified cause and a detail
 333      * message of {@code (cause==null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
 334      * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
 335      * This constructor is useful for throwables that are little more than
 336      * wrappers for other throwables (for example, {@link
 337      * java.security.PrivilegedActionException}).
 338      *
 339      * <p>The {@link #fillInStackTrace()} method is called to initialize
 340      * the stack trace data in the newly created throwable.
 341      *
 342      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
 343      *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
 344      *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
 345      *         unknown.)
 346      * @since  1.4
 347      */
 348     public Throwable(Throwable cause) {
 349         fillInStackTrace();
 350         detailMessage = (cause==null ? null : cause.toString());
 351         this.cause = cause;
 352     }
 353 
 354     /**
 355      * Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
 356      *
 357      * @return  the detail message string of this {@code Throwable} instance
 358      *          (which may be {@code null}).
 359      */
 360     public String getMessage() {
 361         return detailMessage;
 362     }
 363 
 364     /**
 365      * Creates a localized description of this throwable.
 366      * Subclasses may override this method in order to produce a
 367      * locale-specific message.  For subclasses that do not override this
 368      * method, the default implementation returns the same result as
 369      * {@code getMessage()}.
 370      *
 371      * @return  The localized description of this throwable.
 372      * @since   JDK1.1
 373      */
 374     public String getLocalizedMessage() {
 375         return getMessage();
 376     }
 377 
 378     /**
 379      * Returns the cause of this throwable or {@code null} if the
 380      * cause is nonexistent or unknown.  (The cause is the throwable that
 381      * caused this throwable to get thrown.)
 382      *
 383      * <p>This implementation returns the cause that was supplied via one of
 384      * the constructors requiring a {@code Throwable}, or that was set after
 385      * creation with the {@link #initCause(Throwable)} method.  While it is
 386      * typically unnecessary to override this method, a subclass can override
 387      * it to return a cause set by some other means.  This is appropriate for
 388      * a "legacy chained throwable" that predates the addition of chained
 389      * exceptions to {@code Throwable}.  Note that it is <i>not</i>
 390      * necessary to override any of the {@code PrintStackTrace} methods,
 391      * all of which invoke the {@code getCause} method to determine the
 392      * cause of a throwable.
 393      *
 394      * @return  the cause of this throwable or {@code null} if the
 395      *          cause is nonexistent or unknown.
 396      * @since 1.4
 397      */
 398     public synchronized Throwable getCause() {
 399         return (cause==this ? null : cause);
 400     }
 401 
 402     /**
 403      * Initializes the <i>cause</i> of this throwable to the specified value.
 404      * (The cause is the throwable that caused this throwable to get thrown.)
 405      *
 406      * <p>This method can be called at most once.  It is generally called from
 407      * within the constructor, or immediately after creating the
 408      * throwable.  If this throwable was created
 409      * with {@link #Throwable(Throwable)} or
 410      * {@link #Throwable(String,Throwable)}, this method cannot be called
 411      * even once.
 412      *
 413      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
 414      *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
 415      *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
 416      *         unknown.)
 417      * @return  a reference to this {@code Throwable} instance.
 418      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code cause} is this
 419      *         throwable.  (A throwable cannot be its own cause.)
 420      * @throws IllegalStateException if this throwable was
 421      *         created with {@link #Throwable(Throwable)} or
 422      *         {@link #Throwable(String,Throwable)}, or this method has already
 423      *         been called on this throwable.
 424      * @since  1.4
 425      */
 426     public synchronized Throwable initCause(Throwable cause) {
 427         if (this.cause != this)
 428             throw new IllegalStateException("Can't overwrite cause");
 429         if (cause == this)
 430             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Self-causation not permitted");
 431         this.cause = cause;
 432         return this;
 433     }
 434 
 435     /**
 436      * Returns a short description of this throwable.
 437      * The result is the concatenation of:
 438      * <ul>
 439      * <li> the {@linkplain Class#getName() name} of the class of this object
 440      * <li> ": " (a colon and a space)
 441      * <li> the result of invoking this object's {@link #getLocalizedMessage}
 442      *      method
 443      * </ul>
 444      * If {@code getLocalizedMessage} returns {@code null}, then just
 445      * the class name is returned.
 446      *
 447      * @return a string representation of this throwable.
 448      */
 449     public String toString() {
 450         String s = getClass().getName();
 451         String message = getLocalizedMessage();
 452         return (message != null) ? (s + ": " + message) : s;
 453     }
 454 
 455     /**
 456      * Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the
 457      * standard error stream. This method prints a stack trace for this
 458      * {@code Throwable} object on the error output stream that is
 459      * the value of the field {@code System.err}. The first line of
 460      * output contains the result of the {@link #toString()} method for
 461      * this object.  Remaining lines represent data previously recorded by
 462      * the method {@link #fillInStackTrace()}. The format of this
 463      * information depends on the implementation, but the following
 464      * example may be regarded as typical:
 465      * <blockquote><pre>
 466      * java.lang.NullPointerException
 467      *         at MyClass.mash(MyClass.java:9)
 468      *         at MyClass.crunch(MyClass.java:6)
 469      *         at MyClass.main(MyClass.java:3)
 470      * </pre></blockquote>
 471      * This example was produced by running the program:
 472      * <pre>
 473      * class MyClass {
 474      *     public static void main(String[] args) {
 475      *         crunch(null);
 476      *     }
 477      *     static void crunch(int[] a) {
 478      *         mash(a);
 479      *     }
 480      *     static void mash(int[] b) {
 481      *         System.out.println(b[0]);
 482      *     }
 483      * }
 484      * </pre>
 485      * The backtrace for a throwable with an initialized, non-null cause
 486      * should generally include the backtrace for the cause.  The format
 487      * of this information depends on the implementation, but the following
 488      * example may be regarded as typical:
 489      * <pre>
 490      * HighLevelException: MidLevelException: LowLevelException
 491      *         at Junk.a(Junk.java:13)
 492      *         at Junk.main(Junk.java:4)
 493      * Caused by: MidLevelException: LowLevelException
 494      *         at Junk.c(Junk.java:23)
 495      *         at Junk.b(Junk.java:17)
 496      *         at Junk.a(Junk.java:11)
 497      *         ... 1 more
 498      * Caused by: LowLevelException
 499      *         at Junk.e(Junk.java:30)
 500      *         at Junk.d(Junk.java:27)
 501      *         at Junk.c(Junk.java:21)
 502      *         ... 3 more
 503      * </pre>
 504      * Note the presence of lines containing the characters {@code "..."}.
 505      * These lines indicate that the remainder of the stack trace for this
 506      * exception matches the indicated number of frames from the bottom of the
 507      * stack trace of the exception that was caused by this exception (the
 508      * "enclosing" exception).  This shorthand can greatly reduce the length
 509      * of the output in the common case where a wrapped exception is thrown
 510      * from same method as the "causative exception" is caught.  The above
 511      * example was produced by running the program:
 512      * <pre>
 513      * public class Junk {
 514      *     public static void main(String args[]) {
 515      *         try {
 516      *             a();
 517      *         } catch(HighLevelException e) {
 518      *             e.printStackTrace();
 519      *         }
 520      *     }
 521      *     static void a() throws HighLevelException {
 522      *         try {
 523      *             b();
 524      *         } catch(MidLevelException e) {
 525      *             throw new HighLevelException(e);
 526      *         }
 527      *     }
 528      *     static void b() throws MidLevelException {
 529      *         c();
 530      *     }
 531      *     static void c() throws MidLevelException {
 532      *         try {
 533      *             d();
 534      *         } catch(LowLevelException e) {
 535      *             throw new MidLevelException(e);
 536      *         }
 537      *     }
 538      *     static void d() throws LowLevelException {
 539      *        e();
 540      *     }
 541      *     static void e() throws LowLevelException {
 542      *         throw new LowLevelException();
 543      *     }
 544      * }
 545      *
 546      * class HighLevelException extends Exception {
 547      *     HighLevelException(Throwable cause) { super(cause); }
 548      * }
 549      *
 550      * class MidLevelException extends Exception {
 551      *     MidLevelException(Throwable cause)  { super(cause); }
 552      * }
 553      *
 554      * class LowLevelException extends Exception {
 555      * }
 556      * </pre>
 557      * As of release 7, the platform supports the notion of
 558      * <i>suppressed exceptions</i> (in conjunction with the {@code
 559      * try}-with-resources statement). Any exceptions that were
 560      * suppressed in order to deliver an exception are printed out
 561      * beneath the stack trace.  The format of this information
 562      * depends on the implementation, but the following example may be
 563      * regarded as typical:
 564      *
 565      * <pre>
 566      * Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: Something happened
 567      *  at Foo.bar(Foo.java:10)
 568      *  at Foo.main(Foo.java:5)
 569      *  Suppressed: Resource$CloseFailException: Resource ID = 0
 570      *          at Resource.close(Resource.java:26)
 571      *          at Foo.bar(Foo.java:9)
 572      *          ... 1 more
 573      * </pre>
 574      * Note that the "... n more" notation is used on suppressed exceptions
 575      * just at it is used on causes. Unlike causes, suppressed exceptions are
 576      * indented beyond their "containing exceptions."
 577      *
 578      * <p>An exception can have both a cause and one or more suppressed
 579      * exceptions:
 580      * <pre>
 581      * Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: Main block
 582      *  at Foo3.main(Foo3.java:7)
 583      *  Suppressed: Resource$CloseFailException: Resource ID = 2
 584      *          at Resource.close(Resource.java:26)
 585      *          at Foo3.main(Foo3.java:5)
 586      *  Suppressed: Resource$CloseFailException: Resource ID = 1
 587      *          at Resource.close(Resource.java:26)
 588      *          at Foo3.main(Foo3.java:5)
 589      * Caused by: java.lang.Exception: I did it
 590      *  at Foo3.main(Foo3.java:8)
 591      * </pre>
 592      * Likewise, a suppressed exception can have a cause:
 593      * <pre>
 594      * Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: Main block
 595      *  at Foo4.main(Foo4.java:6)
 596      *  Suppressed: Resource2$CloseFailException: Resource ID = 1
 597      *          at Resource2.close(Resource2.java:20)
 598      *          at Foo4.main(Foo4.java:5)
 599      *  Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Rats, you caught me
 600      *          at Resource2$CloseFailException.<init>(Resource2.java:45)
 601      *          ... 2 more
 602      * </pre>
 603      */
 604     public void printStackTrace() {
 605         printStackTrace(System.err);
 606     }
 607 
 608     /**
 609      * Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
 610      *
 611      * @param s {@code PrintStream} to use for output
 612      */
 613     public void printStackTrace(PrintStream s) {
 614         printStackTrace(new WrappedPrintStream(s));
 615     }
 616 
 617     private void printStackTrace(PrintStreamOrWriter s) {
 618         // Guard against malicious overrides of Throwable.equals by
 619         // using a Set with identity equality semantics.
 620         Set<Throwable> dejaVu =
 621             Collections.newSetFromMap(new IdentityHashMap<Throwable, Boolean>());
 622         dejaVu.add(this);
 623 
 624         synchronized (s.lock()) {
 625             // Print our stack trace
 626             s.println(this);
 627             StackTraceElement[] trace = getOurStackTrace();
 628             for (StackTraceElement traceElement : trace)
 629                 s.println("\tat " + traceElement);
 630 
 631             // Print suppressed exceptions, if any
 632             for (Throwable se : getSuppressed())
 633                 se.printEnclosedStackTrace(s, trace, SUPPRESSED_CAPTION, "\t", dejaVu);
 634 
 635             // Print cause, if any
 636             Throwable ourCause = getCause();
 637             if (ourCause != null)
 638                 ourCause.printEnclosedStackTrace(s, trace, CAUSE_CAPTION, "", dejaVu);
 639         }
 640     }
 641 
 642     /**
 643      * Print our stack trace as an enclosed exception for the specified
 644      * stack trace.
 645      */
 646     private void printEnclosedStackTrace(PrintStreamOrWriter s,
 647                                          StackTraceElement[] enclosingTrace,
 648                                          String caption,
 649                                          String prefix,
 650                                          Set<Throwable> dejaVu) {
 651         assert Thread.holdsLock(s.lock());
 652         if (dejaVu.contains(this)) {
 653             s.println("\t[CIRCULAR REFERENCE:" + this + "]");
 654         } else {
 655             dejaVu.add(this);
 656             // Compute number of frames in common between this and enclosing trace
 657             StackTraceElement[] trace = getOurStackTrace();
 658             int m = trace.length - 1;
 659             int n = enclosingTrace.length - 1;
 660             while (m >= 0 && n >=0 && trace[m].equals(enclosingTrace[n])) {
 661                 m--; n--;
 662             }
 663             int framesInCommon = trace.length - 1 - m;
 664 
 665             // Print our stack trace
 666             s.println(prefix + caption + this);
 667             for (int i = 0; i <= m; i++)
 668                 s.println(prefix + "\tat " + trace[i]);
 669             if (framesInCommon != 0)
 670                 s.println(prefix + "\t... " + framesInCommon + " more");
 671 
 672             // Print suppressed exceptions, if any
 673             for (Throwable se : getSuppressed())
 674                 se.printEnclosedStackTrace(s, trace, SUPPRESSED_CAPTION,
 675                                            prefix +"\t", dejaVu);
 676 
 677             // Print cause, if any
 678             Throwable ourCause = getCause();
 679             if (ourCause != null)
 680                 ourCause.printEnclosedStackTrace(s, trace, CAUSE_CAPTION, prefix, dejaVu);
 681         }
 682     }
 683 
 684     /**
 685      * Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified
 686      * print writer.
 687      *
 688      * @param s {@code PrintWriter} to use for output
 689      * @since   JDK1.1
 690      */
 691     public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter s) {
 692         printStackTrace(new WrappedPrintWriter(s));
 693     }
 694 
 695     /**
 696      * Wrapper class for PrintStream and PrintWriter to enable a single
 697      * implementation of printStackTrace.
 698      */
 699     private abstract static class PrintStreamOrWriter {
 700         /** Returns the object to be locked when using this StreamOrWriter */
 701         abstract Object lock();
 702 
 703         /** Prints the specified string as a line on this StreamOrWriter */
 704         abstract void println(Object o);
 705     }
 706 
 707     private static class WrappedPrintStream extends PrintStreamOrWriter {
 708         private final PrintStream printStream;
 709 
 710         WrappedPrintStream(PrintStream printStream) {
 711             this.printStream = printStream;
 712         }
 713 
 714         Object lock() {
 715             return printStream;
 716         }
 717 
 718         void println(Object o) {
 719             printStream.println(o);
 720         }
 721     }
 722 
 723     private static class WrappedPrintWriter extends PrintStreamOrWriter {
 724         private final PrintWriter printWriter;
 725 
 726         WrappedPrintWriter(PrintWriter printWriter) {
 727             this.printWriter = printWriter;
 728         }
 729 
 730         Object lock() {
 731             return printWriter;
 732         }
 733 
 734         void println(Object o) {
 735             printWriter.println(o);
 736         }
 737     }
 738 
 739     /**
 740      * Fills in the execution stack trace. This method records within this
 741      * {@code Throwable} object information about the current state of
 742      * the stack frames for the current thread.
 743      *
 744      * <p>If the stack trace of this {@code Throwable} {@linkplain
 745      * Throwable#setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[]) has been set} to
 746      * {@code null}, calling this method has no effect.
 747      *
 748      * @return  a reference to this {@code Throwable} instance.
 749      * @see     java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace()
 750      */
 751     public synchronized Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
 752         if (stackTrace != null)
 753             return fillInStackTrace0();
 754         else
 755             return this;
 756     }
 757 
 758     private native Throwable fillInStackTrace0();
 759 
 760     /**
 761      * Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by
 762      * {@link #printStackTrace()}.  Returns an array of stack trace elements,
 763      * each representing one stack frame.  The zeroth element of the array
 764      * (assuming the array's length is non-zero) represents the top of the
 765      * stack, which is the last method invocation in the sequence.  Typically,
 766      * this is the point at which this throwable was created and thrown.
 767      * The last element of the array (assuming the array's length is non-zero)
 768      * represents the bottom of the stack, which is the first method invocation
 769      * in the sequence.
 770      *
 771      * <p>Some virtual machines may, under some circumstances, omit one
 772      * or more stack frames from the stack trace.  In the extreme case,
 773      * a virtual machine that has no stack trace information concerning
 774      * this throwable is permitted to return a zero-length array from this
 775      * method.  Generally speaking, the array returned by this method will
 776      * contain one element for every frame that would be printed by
 777      * {@code printStackTrace}.
 778      *
 779      * @return an array of stack trace elements representing the stack trace
 780      *         pertaining to this throwable.
 781      * @since  1.4
 782      */
 783     public StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace() {
 784         return getOurStackTrace().clone();
 785     }
 786 
 787     private synchronized StackTraceElement[] getOurStackTrace() {
 788         // Initialize stack trace if this is the first call to this method
 789         if (stackTrace == EMPTY_STACK) {
 790             int depth = getStackTraceDepth();
 791             stackTrace = new StackTraceElement[depth];
 792             for (int i=0; i < depth; i++)
 793                 stackTrace[i] = getStackTraceElement(i);
 794         } else if  (stackTrace == null) {
 795             return EMPTY_STACK;
 796         }
 797 
 798         return stackTrace;
 799     }
 800 
 801     /**
 802      * Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by
 803      * {@link #getStackTrace()} and printed by {@link #printStackTrace()}
 804      * and related methods.
 805      *
 806      * This method, which is designed for use by RPC frameworks and other
 807      * advanced systems, allows the client to override the default
 808      * stack trace that is either generated by {@link #fillInStackTrace()}
 809      * when a throwable is constructed or deserialized when a throwable is
 810      * read from a serialization stream.
 811      *
 812      * <p>If the stack trace is set to {@code null}, then future calls
 813      * to this method have no effect on this {@code Throwable}.
 814      *
 815      * @param   stackTrace the stack trace elements to be associated with
 816      * this {@code Throwable}.  The specified array is copied by this
 817      * call; changes in the specified array after the method invocation
 818      * returns will have no affect on this {@code Throwable}'s stack
 819      * trace.
 820      *
 821      * @throws NullPointerException if any of the elements of
 822      *         {@code stackTrace} are {@code null}
 823      *
 824      * @since  1.4
 825      */
 826     public void setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace) {
 827         if (this.stackTrace == null) // Immutable stack
 828             return;
 829 
 830         StackTraceElement[] defensiveCopy;
 831 
 832         if (stackTrace == null) {
 833             defensiveCopy = stackTrace;
 834         } else {
 835             defensiveCopy = stackTrace.clone();
 836 
 837             for (int i = 0; i < defensiveCopy.length; i++) {
 838                 if (defensiveCopy[i] == null)
 839                     throw new NullPointerException("stackTrace[" + i + "]");
 840             }
 841         }
 842 
 843         synchronized (this) {
 844             this.stackTrace = defensiveCopy;
 845         }
 846     }
 847 
 848     /**
 849      * Returns the number of elements in the stack trace (or 0 if the stack
 850      * trace is unavailable).
 851      *
 852      * package-protection for use by SharedSecrets.
 853      */
 854     native int getStackTraceDepth();
 855 
 856     /**
 857      * Returns the specified element of the stack trace.
 858      *
 859      * package-protection for use by SharedSecrets.
 860      *
 861      * @param index index of the element to return.
 862      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code index < 0 ||
 863      *         index >= getStackTraceDepth() }
 864      */
 865     native StackTraceElement getStackTraceElement(int index);
 866 
 867     /**
 868      * Read a {@code Throwable} from a stream, enforcing
 869      * well-formedness constraints on fields.  Null entries and
 870      * self-pointers are not allowed in the list of {@code
 871      * suppressedExceptions}.  Null entries are not allowed for stack
 872      * trace elements.  A single-element stack trace whose entry is
 873      * equal to {@code new StackTraceElement("", "", null,
 874      * Integer.MIN_VALUE)} results in a {@code null} {@code
 875      * stackTrace} field.
 876      *
 877      * Note that there are no constraints on the value the {@code
 878      * cause} field can hold; both {@code null} and this are valid
 879      * values for the field.
 880      */
 881     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
 882         throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
 883         s.defaultReadObject();     // read in all fields
 884         List<Throwable> suppressed = null;
 885         if (suppressedExceptions != null &&
 886             !suppressedExceptions.isEmpty()) { // Copy Throwables to new list
 887             suppressed = new ArrayList<Throwable>(1);
 888             for (Throwable t : suppressedExceptions) {
 889                 // Enforce constraints on suppressed exceptions in
 890                 // case of corrupt or malicious stream.
 891                 if (t == null)
 892                     throw new NullPointerException(NULL_CAUSE_MESSAGE);
 893                 if (t == this)
 894                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(SELF_SUPPRESSION_MESSAGE);
 895                 suppressed.add(t);
 896             }
 897         }
 898 
 899         // If suppressed is a zero-length list, use the sentinel
 900         // value.
 901         if (suppressed != null && suppressed.isEmpty())
 902             suppressedExceptions = suppressedSentinel;
 903         else
 904             suppressedExceptions = suppressed;
 905 
 906         // Check for the marker of an immutable stack trace
 907         if (stackTrace != null) {
 908             // Share zero-length stack traces
 909             if (stackTrace.length == 0) {
 910                 stackTrace = EMPTY_STACK;
 911             }  else if (stackTrace.length == 1 &&
 912                 SentinelHolder.STACK_TRACE_ELEMENT_SENTINEL.equals(stackTrace[0])) {
 913                 stackTrace = null;
 914             } else { // Verify stack trace elements are non-null.
 915                 for(StackTraceElement ste : stackTrace) {
 916                     if (ste == null)
 917                         throw new NullPointerException("null StackTraceElement in serial stream. ");
 918                 }
 919             }
 920         }
 921 
 922         // A null stackTrace field in the serial form can result from
 923         // an exception serialized without that field.  Such exceptions
 924         // are now treated as having immutable stack traces.
 925     }
 926 
 927     /**
 928      * Write a {@code Throwable} object to a stream.  A {@code null}
 929      * stack trace field is represented in the serial form as a
 930      * one-element array whose element is equal to {@code new
 931      * StackTraceElement("", "", null, Integer.MIN_VALUE)}.
 932      */
 933     private synchronized void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s)
 934         throws IOException {
 935         // Ensure that the stackTrace field is initialized to a
 936         // non-null value, if appropriate.  As of JDK 7, a null stack
 937         // trace field is a valid value indicating the stack trace
 938         // should not be set.
 939         getOurStackTrace();
 940         ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = s.putFields();
 941 
 942         fields.put("detailMessage", detailMessage);
 943         fields.put("cause", cause);
 944         // Serialize a null stacktrace using the stack trace sentinel.
 945         if (stackTrace == null)
 946             fields.put("stackTrace", SentinelHolder.STACK_TRACE_SENTINEL);
 947         else
 948             fields.put("stackTrace", stackTrace);
 949         fields.put("suppressedExceptions", suppressedExceptions);
 950 
 951         s.writeFields();
 952     }
 953 
 954     /**
 955      * Adds the specified exception to the list of exceptions that
 956      * were suppressed, typically by the {@code try}-with-resources
 957      * statement, in order to deliver this exception.
 958      *
 959      * If the first exception to be suppressed is {@code null}, that
 960      * indicates suppressed exception information will <em>not</em> be
 961      * recorded for this exception.  Subsequent calls to this method
 962      * will not record any suppressed exceptions.  Otherwise,
 963      * attempting to suppress {@code null} after an exception has
 964      * already been successfully suppressed results in a {@code
 965      * NullPointerException}.
 966      *
 967      * <p>Note that when one exception {@linkplain
 968      * #initCause(Throwable) causes} another exception, the first
 969      * exception is usually caught and then the second exception is
 970      * thrown in response.  In contrast, when one exception suppresses
 971      * another, two exceptions are thrown in sibling code blocks, such
 972      * as in a {@code try} block and in its {@code finally} block, and
 973      * control flow can only continue with one exception so the second
 974      * is recorded as a suppressed exception of the first.
 975      *
 976      * @param exception the exception to be added to the list of
 977      *        suppressed exceptions
 978      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code exception} is this
 979      *         throwable; a throwable cannot suppress itself.
 980      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code exception} is null and
 981      *         an exception has already been suppressed by this exception
 982      * @since 1.7
 983      */
 984     public synchronized void addSuppressed(Throwable exception) {
 985         if (exception == this)
 986             throw new IllegalArgumentException(SELF_SUPPRESSION_MESSAGE);
 987 
 988         if (exception == null) {
 989             if (suppressedExceptions == suppressedSentinel) {
 990                 suppressedExceptions = null; // No suppression information recorded
 991                 return;
 992             } else
 993                 throw new NullPointerException(NULL_CAUSE_MESSAGE);
 994         } else {
 995             assert exception != null && exception != this;
 996 
 997             if (suppressedExceptions == null) // Suppressed exceptions not recorded
 998                 return;
 999 
1000             if (suppressedExceptions == suppressedSentinel)
1001                 suppressedExceptions = new ArrayList<Throwable>(1);
1002 
1003             assert suppressedExceptions != suppressedSentinel;
1004 
1005             suppressedExceptions.add(exception);
1006         }
1007     }
1008 
1009     private static final Throwable[] EMPTY_THROWABLE_ARRAY = new Throwable[0];
1010 
1011     /**
1012      * Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were
1013      * suppressed, typically by the {@code try}-with-resources
1014      * statement, in order to deliver this exception.
1015      *
1016      * If no exceptions were suppressed, an empty array is returned.
1017      *
1018      * @return an array containing all of the exceptions that were
1019      *         suppressed to deliver this exception.
1020      * @since 1.7
1021      */
1022     public synchronized Throwable[] getSuppressed() {
1023         if (suppressedExceptions == suppressedSentinel ||
1024             suppressedExceptions == null)
1025             return EMPTY_THROWABLE_ARRAY;
1026         else
1027             return suppressedExceptions.toArray(EMPTY_THROWABLE_ARRAY);
1028     }
1029 }