ExceptionDepthComparator (Spring Framework 5.2.12.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.core.ExceptionDepthComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparator<Class<? extends Throwable>>
```
public class ExceptionDepthComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<Class<? extends Throwable>>
```
Comparator capable of sorting exceptions based on their depth from the thrown exception type.
Since:
3.0.3
Author:
Juergen Hoeller, Arjen Poutsma

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ExceptionDepthComparator(Class<? extends Throwable> exceptionType)`	Create a new ExceptionDepthComparator for the given exception type.
`ExceptionDepthComparator(Throwable exception)`	Create a new ExceptionDepthComparator for the given exception.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compare(Class<? extends Throwable> o1, Class<? extends Throwable> o2)`
`static Class<? extends Throwable>`	`findClosestMatch(Collection<Class<? extends Throwable>> exceptionTypes, Throwable targetException)`	Obtain the closest match from the given exception types for the given target exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - ExceptionDepthComparator
```
public ExceptionDepthComparator(Throwable exception)
```
    Create a new ExceptionDepthComparator for the given exception.
    Parameters:
    exception - the target exception to compare to when sorting by depth
  - ExceptionDepthComparator
```
public ExceptionDepthComparator(Class<? extends Throwable> exceptionType)
```
    Create a new ExceptionDepthComparator for the given exception type.
    Parameters:
    exceptionType - the target exception type to compare to when sorting by depth
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(Class<? extends Throwable> o1,
                   Class<? extends Throwable> o2)
```
    Specified by:
    compare in interface Comparator<Class<? extends Throwable>>
  - findClosestMatch
```
public static Class<? extends Throwable> findClosestMatch(Collection<Class<? extends Throwable>> exceptionTypes,
                                                          Throwable targetException)
```
    Obtain the closest match from the given exception types for the given target exception.
    Parameters:
    exceptionTypes - the collection of exception types
    targetException - the target exception to find a match for
    Returns:
    the closest matching exception type from the given collection