Convert an Exception StackTrace to a String

 
import java.io.*;

public class Test
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        String trace = exceptionToString(new Exception
(A new exception));
        System.out.println(trace);
    }

    public static String exceptionToString(Throwable th)
    {
        String stTrace = null;
        try
        {
            StringWriter sout = new StringWriter();
            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(sout);
            th.printStackTrace(out);
            out.close();
            sout.close();
            stTrace = sout.toString();
            sout = null;
            out = null;
        } catch(Exception _ex){}
        return stTrace;
    }
}

Updated: Reader Gary Frost advises this method instead:

public static String exceptionToString(Throwable th){
   StringBuffer stackTraceStringBuffer = new StringBuffer();
   StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = th.getStackTrace();
   for (int i=0; i