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30 package org.apache.commons.httpclient.util;
31 
32 import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
33 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
34 
35 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
36 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
37 
38 /**
39  * The home for utility methods that handle various exception-related tasks.
40  *
41  * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
42  * @author <a href="mailto:laura@lwerner.org">Laura Werner</a>
43  *
44  * @since 3.0
45  */
46 public class ExceptionUtil {
47 
48     /** Log object for this class. */
49     private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ExceptionUtil.class);
50 
51     /** A reference to Throwable's initCause method, or null if it's not there in this JVM */
52     static private final Method INIT_CAUSE_METHOD = getInitCauseMethod();
53 
54     /** A reference to SocketTimeoutExceptionClass class, or null if it's not there in this JVM */
55     static private final Class SOCKET_TIMEOUT_CLASS = SocketTimeoutExceptionClass();
56 
57     /**
58      * Returns a <code>Method<code> allowing access to
59      * {@link Throwable.initCause(Throwable) initCause} method of {@link Throwable},
60      * or <code>null</code> if the method
61      * does not exist.
62      *
63      * @return A <code>Method<code> for <code>Throwable.initCause</code>, or
64      * <code>null</code> if unavailable.
65      */
getInitCauseMethod()66     static private Method getInitCauseMethod() {
67         try {
68             Class[] paramsClasses = new Class[] { Throwable.class };
69             return Throwable.class.getMethod("initCause", paramsClasses);
70         } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
71             return null;
72         }
73     }
74 
75     /**
76      * Returns <code>SocketTimeoutExceptionClass<code> or <code>null</code> if the class
77      * does not exist.
78      *
79      * @return <code>SocketTimeoutExceptionClass<code>, or <code>null</code> if unavailable.
80      */
SocketTimeoutExceptionClass()81     static private Class SocketTimeoutExceptionClass() {
82         try {
83             return Class.forName("java.net.SocketTimeoutException");
84         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
85             return null;
86         }
87     }
88 
89     /**
90      * If we're running on JDK 1.4 or later, initialize the cause for the given throwable.
91      *
92      * @param  throwable The throwable.
93      * @param  cause     The cause of the throwable.
94      */
initCause(Throwable throwable, Throwable cause)95     public static void initCause(Throwable throwable, Throwable cause) {
96         if (INIT_CAUSE_METHOD != null) {
97             try {
98                 INIT_CAUSE_METHOD.invoke(throwable, new Object[] { cause });
99             } catch (Exception e) {
100                 LOG.warn("Exception invoking Throwable.initCause", e);
101             }
102         }
103     }
104 
105     /**
106      * If SocketTimeoutExceptionClass is defined, returns <tt>true</tt> only if the
107      * exception is an instance of SocketTimeoutExceptionClass. If
108      * SocketTimeoutExceptionClass is undefined, always returns <tt>true</tt>.
109      *
110      * @param  e an instance of InterruptedIOException class.
111      *
112      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the exception signals socket timeout, <tt>false</tt>
113      *  otherwise.
114      */
isSocketTimeoutException(final InterruptedIOException e)115     public static boolean isSocketTimeoutException(final InterruptedIOException e) {
116         if (SOCKET_TIMEOUT_CLASS != null) {
117             return SOCKET_TIMEOUT_CLASS.isInstance(e);
118         } else {
119             return true;
120         }
121     }
122 }
123