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 * $Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/util/ExceptionUtil.java,v 1.4 2004/05/13 04:01:22 mbecke Exp $
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 * $Date: 2004/05/13 04:01:22 $
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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * The home for utility methods that handle various exception-related tasks.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:laura@lwerner.org">Laura Werner</a>
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class ExceptionUtil {

    /** Log object for this class. */
    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ExceptionUtil.class);

    /** A reference to Throwable's initCause method, or null if it's not there in this JVM */
    static private final Method initCause = getInitCauseMethod();

    /**
     * Returns a <code>Method<code> allowing access to
     * {@link Throwable.initCause(Throwable) initCause} method of {@link Throwable},
     * or <code>null</code> if the method
     * does not exist.
     * 
     * @return A <code>Method<code> for <code>Throwable.initCause</code>, or
     * <code>null</code> if unavailable.
     */ 
    static private Method getInitCauseMethod() {
        try {
            Class[] paramsClasses = new Class[] { Throwable.class };
            return Throwable.class.getMethod("initCause", paramsClasses);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /** 
     * If we're running on JDK 1.4 or later, initialize the cause for the given throwable.
     * 
     * @param  throwable The throwable.
     * @param  cause     The cause of the throwable.
     */
    public static void initCause(Throwable throwable, Throwable cause) {
        if (initCause != null) {
            try {
                initCause.invoke(throwable, new Object[] { cause });
            } catch (Exception e) {
                LOG.warn("Exception invoking Throwable.initCause", e);
            }
        }
    }
}