In Lucee 5.4, if I want the original exception thr...
# luceed
dswitzer
03/26/2025, 11:50 AMIn Lucee 5.4, if I want the original exception thrown by a Java library, is this the "correct" way to do it?
cfcatch.getPageException().getException()z
zackster
03/26/2025, 3:14 PMif it works
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dswitzer
03/26/2025, 3:16 PMIt does work, just wasn't sure if that path was really the "official" way to get the original exception or not.
I'm working with a library that includes some details in the exception object, which is why I need it.
It sure feels like the native exception should expose a getCause() or something to reveal the original exception.
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zackster
03/26/2025, 3:21 PMWith 6 you have the cause attribute for throw, so you can add your own context to the exception
https://docs.lucee.org/reference/tags/throw.html#attribute-cause
zackster
03/26/2025, 3:22 PMthat's basically what pageException is
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dswitzer
03/26/2025, 3:23 PMThat wouldn't be helpful in this case, because I'm trying to capture information from the original exception to format some data.
dswitzer
03/26/2025, 3:23 PM(I'm capture the exception to log and return in a validation method)
dswitzer
03/26/2025, 3:24 PMThat's good to know that's available though. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to throw a custom exception in my code, but return the original exception too.
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zackster
03/26/2025, 3:25 PM6 has a getCause() https://trycf.com/gist/29d8a155875562097215f9da28184caf/lucee6?theme=monokai
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dswitzer
03/26/2025, 3:35 PMNice!
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zackster
03/26/2025, 3:36 PM@micha has been adding some DX stuff to cfml, which he misses from java
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bdw429s
03/26/2025, 5:42 PMThat's what I use, but keep in mind it won't work in Adobe
bdw429s
03/26/2025, 5:42 PMAdobe doesn't wrap their native exceptions in most cases so you can just use it directly