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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2016-2023 The Thingsboard Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.thingsboard.common.util;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.StringUtils;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.EntityId;
+
+import javax.script.ScriptException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class ExceptionUtil {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static <T extends Exception> T lookupException(Throwable source, Class<T> clazz) {
+        Exception e = lookupExceptionInCause(source, clazz);
+        if (e != null) {
+            return (T) e;
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static Exception lookupExceptionInCause(Throwable source, Class<? extends Exception>... clazzes) {
+        if (source == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        for (Class<?> clazz : clazzes) {
+            if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(source.getClass())) {
+                return (Exception) source;
+            }
+        }
+        return lookupExceptionInCause(source.getCause(), clazzes);
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(Exception e, EntityId componentId, boolean stackTraceEnabled) {
+        Exception exception = lookupExceptionInCause(e, ScriptException.class, JsonParseException.class);
+        if (exception != null && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(exception.getMessage())) {
+            return exception.getMessage();
+        } else {
+            if (stackTraceEnabled) {
+                StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+                e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
+                return sw.toString();
+            } else {
+                log.debug("[{}] Unknown error during message processing", componentId, e);
+                return "Please contact system administrator";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}