Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1048#discussion_r37754281 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/util/SerializedThrowable.java --- @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.flink.runtime.util; + +import com.google.common.base.Preconditions; +import org.apache.flink.util.ExceptionUtils; +import org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil; + +import java.io.Serializable; +import java.util.Arrays; + +/** + * Utility class for dealing with serialized Throwables. + * Needed to send around user-specific exception classes with Akka. + */ +public class SerializedThrowable implements Serializable { + private final byte[] serializedError; + + // The exception must not be (de)serialized with the class, as its + // class may not be part of the system class loader. + private transient Throwable cachedError; + + + /** + * Create a new SerializedThrowable. + * @param error The exception to serialize. + */ + public SerializedThrowable(Throwable error) { + Preconditions.checkNotNull(error, "The exception to serialize has to be set"); + this.cachedError = error; + byte[] serializedError; + try { + serializedError = InstantiationUtil.serializeObject(error); + } + catch (Throwable t) { + // could not serialize exception. send the stringified version instead + try { + this.cachedError = new Exception(ExceptionUtils.stringifyException(error)); + serializedError = InstantiationUtil.serializeObject(this.cachedError); + } + catch (Throwable tt) { + // seems like we cannot do much to report the actual exception + // report a placeholder instead + try { + this.cachedError = new Exception("Cause is a '" + error.getClass().getName() + + "' (failed to serialize or stringify)"); + serializedError = InstantiationUtil.serializeObject(this.cachedError); + } + catch (Throwable ttt) { + // this should never happen unless the JVM is fubar. + // we just report the state without the error + this.cachedError = null; + serializedError = null; + } + } + } + this.serializedError = serializedError; + } + + public Throwable getError(ClassLoader usercodeClassloader) { --- End diff -- What kind of camel case is `usercodeClassloader`?
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