Tag: nested-exceptions

Best way to check whether a certain exception type was the cause (of a cause, etc …) in a nested exception?

I am writing some JUnit tests that verify that an exception of type MyCustomException is thrown. However, this exception is wrapped in other exceptions a number of times, e.g. in an InvocationTargetException, which in turn is wrapped in a RuntimeException. What’s the best way to determine whether MyCustomException somehow caused the exception that I actually catch? I would like to