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 * The Original Code is Mozilla Communicator client code, released
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/* ** */

package netscape.javascript;
import java.io.*;

public class JSUtil {

    /* Return the stack trace of an exception or error as a String */
    public static String getStackTrace(Throwable t) {
	ByteArrayOutputStream captureStream;
	PrintWriter p;
	
	captureStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
	p = new PrintWriter(captureStream);

	t.printStackTrace(p);
	p.flush();

	return captureStream.toString();
    }

    /**
     * This method is used to work around a bug in AIX JDK1.1.6, in which
     * static initializers are not run when a static field is referenced from
     * native code.  The problem does not manifest itself if the field is
     * accessed from Java code.
     */
    private static void workAroundAIXJavaBug() {
        if (java.lang.Void.TYPE == null)
            java.lang.System.out.println("JDK bug: " +
                                         "java.lang.Void.TYPE uninitialized");
    }
}
