Is it possible in Java's MessageFormat to receive a stack trace?

Question

Code:

String message = MessageFormat.format("error {0}",e);

E.g. message:

     java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "sdf sf sa dg "

I need to receive all the stack trace, like:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "sdf sf sa dg "
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(Unknown Source)
 ................

Is this possible ? Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use this method to capture the stacktrace in a String

public String getStackTrace(Throwable t) {
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
    t.printStackTrace(pw);
    pw.flush();
    return sw.toString();
}

EDIT: the SO article linked by Thomas is also a very good read!