--- src-orig/org/jbpm/graph/log/ActionLog.java	Thu Oct 15 18:01:54 2009
+++ src/org/jbpm/graph/log/ActionLog.java	Tue Jul 27 11:59:49 2010
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     this.action = action;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public String toString()
   {
     StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@
     StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
     throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stringWriter));
     exception = stringWriter.toString();
+		if(exception.length() > 4000)
+		{
+			final String cutMessage = "\nStack trace cut (longer than 4000 chars)";
+			exception =
+			  exception.substring(0, 4000 - cutMessage.length()).concat(cutMessage);
+		}
   }
 
   public Action getAction()
--- src-orig/org/jbpm/job/Job.java	Thu Oct 15 18:01:56 2009
+++ src/org/jbpm/job/Job.java	Tue Jul 27 13:02:46 2010
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
   public abstract boolean execute(JbpmContext jbpmContext) throws Exception;
   
+  @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "Job("+id+')';
   }
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@
     return exception;
   }
   public void setException(String exception) {
+    if (exception.length() > 4000) {
+      final String cutMessage = "\nStack trace cut (longer than 4000 chars)";
+      exception = exception.substring(0, 4000 - cutMessage.length()).concat(
+          cutMessage);
+    }
     this.exception = exception;
   }
   public boolean isExclusive() {