Java - find the first cause of an exception

Question

I need to check if an exception is caused by some database problem. I receive an Exception and check if its cause contains the \"ORA\" string and return that (something like

Answer 1

Probably a bit overkill for your usage but I think it is cleaner (and reusable)

interface ThrowablePredicate {
    boolean accept(Throwable t);
}

public OracleErrorThrowablePredicate implements ThrowablePredicate {
    private static final ORA_ERR = "ORA";

    public boolean accept(Throwable t) {
        return t.toString().contains(ORA_ERR);
    }
}


public class CauseFinder {

   private ThrowablePredicate predicate;

   public CauseFinder(ThrowablePredicate predicate) {
      this.predicate = predicate;
   }

   Throwable findCause(Throwable t) {
      Throwable cause = t.getCause();

      return cause == null ? null 
         : predicate.accept(cause) ? cause : findCause(cause)
   }
}


// Your method
private String getErrorOracle(Throwable e){
    return new CauseFinder(new OracleErrorThrowablePredicate()).findCause(e);
}