2003-12-26 Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem@kaffe.org>
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1 /* java.lang.VMThrowable -- VM support methods for Throwable.
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38 package java.lang;
40 import gnu.gcj.runtime.NameFinder;
41 import gnu.gcj.runtime.StackTrace;
43 /**
44 * VM dependent state and support methods Throwable.
45 * It is deliberately package local and final and should only be accessed
46 * by the Throwable class.
47 * <p>
48 * This is the version used by libgcj (http://gcc.gnu.org/java/).
50 * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
52 final class VMThrowable
54 private gnu.gcj.runtime.StackTrace trace;
56 /**
57 * Private contructor, create VMThrowables with fillInStackTrace();
59 private VMThrowable() { }
61 /**
62 * Fill in the stack trace with the current execution stack.
63 * Called by <code>Throwable.fillInStackTrace()</code> to get the state of
64 * the VM. Can return null when the VM does not support caputing the VM
65 * execution state.
67 * @return a new VMThrowable containing the current execution stack trace.
68 * @see Throwable#fillInStackTrace()
70 static VMThrowable fillInStackTrace(Throwable t)
72 VMThrowable state = null;
74 /* FIXME: size of the stack trace is limited to 128 elements.
75 It's undoubtedly sensible to limit the stack trace, but 128 is
76 rather arbitrary. It may be better to configure this. */
77 if (trace_enabled)
79 state = new VMThrowable ();
80 state.trace = new gnu.gcj.runtime.StackTrace(128);
82 return state;
85 /**
86 * Returns an <code>StackTraceElement</code> array based on the execution
87 * state of the VM as captured by <code>fillInStackTrace</code>.
88 * Called by <code>Throwable.getStackTrace()</code>.
90 * @return a non-null but possible zero length array of StackTraceElement.
91 * @see Throwable#getStackTrace()
93 StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace(Throwable t)
95 StackTraceElement[] result;
96 if (trace != null)
98 NameFinder nameFinder = new NameFinder();
99 result = nameFinder.lookup(t, trace.stackTraceAddrs(),
100 trace.length());
101 nameFinder.close();
103 else
104 result = new StackTraceElement[0];
106 return result;
109 // Setting this flag to false prevents fillInStackTrace() from running.
110 static boolean trace_enabled = true;