StackTraceElement[] els = testException.getStackTrace();

            for (int i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
                StackTraceElement el = els[i];
                line = getLineNumberFromExceptionTraceLine(el.toString(),
                                                           lookFor.toString());
                if (line.equals("") == Boolean.FALSE) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return line;
    }

    /**
     * Get the error line number from the exception stack trace
     * 
     * @param exceptionTraceLine
     * @param substrToSearch
     * @return error line number
     */
    public static String getLineNumberFromExceptionTraceLine(String exceptionTraceLine,
                                                             String substrToSearch) {
        String lineNumber = "";
        int index = exceptionTraceLine.indexOf(substrToSearch);
        if (index >= 0) {
            int length = substrToSearch.length() + index;
            if (exceptionTraceLine.lastIndexOf(')') > length) {
                lineNumber = exceptionTraceLine
                    .substring(length, exceptionTraceLine.lastIndexOf(')'));
            }
        }
        return lineNumber;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the error message from a given failed JUnit test result
     * 
     * @param testMethod
     * @return error message from a given failed JUnit test result
     */
    public static String getError(JUnitTestData testMethod) {

        Throwable throwable = testMethod.getFailException();

        if (throwable != null) {
            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
            PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
            throwable.printStackTrace(pw);
            String stackTraceString = sw.toString();
            stackTraceString = stackTraceString.trim().replaceAll("\\r\\n",
                    "\n");

            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(stackTraceString,
                    LINE_SEPARATOR);

            while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                String stackTraceLine = st.nextToken();
                stackTrace.append(stackTraceLine);
                stackTrace.append(LINE_SEPARATOR);
            }

        } else {
            stackTrace.append('~');
        }

        return stackTrace.toString();
    }