How can I convert a stack trace to a string?

Question

What is the easiest way to convert the result of Throwable.getStackTrace() to a string that depicts the stacktrace?

Answer 1

The following code allows you to get the entire stackTrace with a String format, without using APIs like log4J or even java.util.Logger:

catch (Exception e) {
    StackTraceElement[] stack = e.getStackTrace();
    String exception = "";
    for (StackTraceElement s : stack) {
        exception = exception + s.toString() + "\n\t\t";
    }
    System.out.println(exception);
    // then you can send the exception string to a external file.
}

Answer 2

My oneliner to convert stack trace to the enclosed multi-line string:

Stream.of(e.getStackTrace()).map((a) -> a.toString()).collect(Collectors.joining("\n", "[", "]"))

Easy to pass to the logger "as is".

Answer 3

If you are developing for Android, a far easier way is to use this:

import android.util.Log;

String stackTrace = Log.getStackTraceString(exception); 

The format is the same as getStacktrace, for e.g.

09-24 16:09:07.042: I/System.out(4844): java.lang.NullPointerException
09-24 16:09:07.042: I/System.out(4844):   at com.temp.ttscancel.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:43)
09-24 16:09:07.042: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5248)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1110)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2162)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2257)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:139)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1210)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
09-24 16:09:07.043: I/System.out(4844):   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
09-24 16:09:07.044: I/System.out(4844):   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5097)
09-24 16:09:07.044: I/System.out(4844):   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-24 16:09:07.044: I/System.out(4844):   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
09-24 16:09:07.044: I/System.out(4844):   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
09-24 16:09:07.044: I/System.out(4844):   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)

Answer 4

For me the cleanest and easiest way was:

import java.util.Arrays;
Arrays.toString(e.getStackTrace());

Answer 5

private String getCurrentStackTraceString() {
    StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
    return Arrays.stream(stackTrace).map(StackTraceElement::toString)
            .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
}

Answer 6

The solution is to convert the stackTrace of array to string data type. See the following example:

import java.util.Arrays;

try{

}catch(Exception ex){
    String stack = Arrays.toString(ex.getStackTrace());
    System.out.println("stack "+ stack);
}