org.junit.internal

Class Throwables

java.lang.Object

org.junit.internal.Throwables

public final class Throwables
extends Object

Miscellaneous functions dealing with Throwable.

Since:

4.12

Author:

kcooney@google.com (Kevin Cooney)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Exception	rethrowAsException(Throwable e) Rethrows the given Throwable, allowing the caller to declare that it throws Exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

rethrowAsException

public static Exception rethrowAsException(Throwable e)
                                    throws Exception

Rethrows the given Throwable, allowing the caller to declare that it throws Exception. This is useful when your callers have nothing reasonable they can do when a Throwable is thrown. This is declared to return Exception so it can be used in a throw clause:

 try {
   doSomething();
 } catch (Throwable e} {
   throw Throwables.rethrowAsException(e);
 }
 doSomethingLater();
 

Parameters:

e - exception to rethrow

Returns:

does not return anything

Throws:

Exception

Since:

4.12