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package org.springframework.core;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * Helper class for implementing exception classes which are capable of
 * holding nested exceptions. Necessary because we can't share a base
 * class among different exception types.
 *
 * <p>Mainly for use within the framework.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.0
 * @see NestedRuntimeException
 * @see NestedCheckedException
 * @see NestedIOException
 * @see org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException
 */
public abstract class NestedExceptionUtils {

	/**
	 * Build a message for the given base message and root cause.
	 * @param message the base message
	 * @param cause the root cause
	 * @return the full exception message
	 */
	@Nullable
	public static String buildMessage(@Nullable String message, @Nullable Throwable cause) {
		if (cause == null) {
			return message;
		}
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);
		if (message != null) {
			sb.append(message).append("; ");
		}
		sb.append("nested exception is ").append(cause);
		return sb.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the innermost cause of the given exception, if any.
	 * @param original the original exception to introspect
	 * @return the innermost exception, or {@code null} if none
	 * @since 4.3.9
	 */
	@Nullable
	public static Throwable getRootCause(@Nullable Throwable original) {
		if (original == null) {
			return null;
		}
		Throwable rootCause = null;
		Throwable cause = original.getCause();
		while (cause != null && cause != rootCause) {
			rootCause = cause;
			cause = cause.getCause();
		}
		return rootCause;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the most specific cause of the given exception, that is,
	 * either the innermost cause (root cause) or the exception itself.
	 * <p>Differs from {@link #getRootCause} in that it falls back
	 * to the original exception if there is no root cause.
	 * @param original the original exception to introspect
	 * @return the most specific cause (never {@code null})
	 * @since 4.3.9
	 */
	public static Throwable getMostSpecificCause(Throwable original) {
		Throwable rootCause = getRootCause(original);
		return (rootCause != null ? rootCause : original);
	}

}
