Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/779#discussion_r141862571 --- Diff: metron-interface/metron-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/metron/rest/controller/RestExceptionHandler.java --- @@ -45,4 +45,14 @@ private HttpStatus getStatus(HttpServletRequest request) { } return HttpStatus.valueOf(statusCode); } + + private String getFullMessage(Throwable ex) { + String fullMessage = ex.getMessage(); + Throwable cause = ex.getCause(); + while(cause != null) { + fullMessage = cause.getMessage(); + cause = cause.getCause(); + } + return fullMessage; --- End diff -- I think the way you describe is the correct way
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