Introduce formatExceptionInformation

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/SourceReferenceFormatter.h b/libsolidity/interface/SourceReferenceFormatter.h
index 7034f4ab..e8676d60 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/SourceReferenceFormatter.h
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/SourceReferenceFormatter.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <ostream>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <functional>
 #include <libevmasm/SourceLocation.h>
 
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@ public:
 		std::string const& _name,
 		ScannerFromSourceNameFun const& _scannerFromSourceName
 	);
+	static std::string formatExceptionInformation(
+		Exception const& _exception,
+		std::string const& _name,
+		ScannerFromSourceNameFun const& _scannerFromSourceName
+	)
+	{
+		std::ostringstream errorOutput;
+		printExceptionInformation(errorOutput, _exception, _name, _scannerFromSourceName);
+		return errorOutput.str();
+	}
 private:
 	/// Prints source name if location is given.
 	static void printSourceName(
diff --git a/solc/jsonCompiler.cpp b/solc/jsonCompiler.cpp
index 45322117..f55d0c8d 100644
--- a/solc/jsonCompiler.cpp
+++ b/solc/jsonCompiler.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ string formatError(
 	function<Scanner const&(string const&)> const& _scannerFromSourceName
 )
 {
-	ostringstream errorOutput;
-	SourceReferenceFormatter::printExceptionInformation(errorOutput, _exception, _name, _scannerFromSourceName);
-	return errorOutput.str();
+	return SourceReferenceFormatter::formatExceptionInformation(_exception, _name, _scannerFromSourceName);
 }
 
 Json::Value functionHashes(ContractDefinition const& _contract)