Java gets the exception name only if there is no stacktrace

How do I get the exception name without getting the stack trace?

I'm using exception Tostring() converts the thrown exception to a string, but I only want the exception name likenullpointerexception, not the entire stack trace

How can I solve it?

Solution

exception.getClass().getSimpleName();

exception.getClass().getSimpleName();

Class#getSimpleName()

Note: if your exception is an anonymous class (although I personally have never seen an anonymous exception in any production code), this will not work properly