/**
* Get the method name for a depth in call stack. <br />
* Utility function
* @param depth depth in the call stack (0 means current method, 1 means call method, ...)
* @return method name
*/
public static String getMethodName(final int depth)
{
final StackTraceElement[] ste = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
//System. out.println(ste[ste.length-depth].getClassName()+"#"+ste[ste.length-depth].getMethodName());
// return ste[ste.length - depth].getMethodName(); //Wrong, fails for depth = 0
return ste[ste.length - 1 - depth].getMethodName(); //Thank you Tom Tresansky
}
public class MethodNameTest {
private static final int CLIENT_CODE_STACK_INDEX;
static {
// Finds out the index of "this code" in the returned stack trace - funny but it differs in JDK 1.5 and 1.6
int i = 0;
for (StackTraceElement ste : Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()) {
i++;
if (ste.getClassName().equals(MethodNameTest.class.getName())) {
break;
}
}
CLIENT_CODE_STACK_INDEX = i;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("methodName() = " + methodName());
System.out.println("CLIENT_CODE_STACK_INDEX = " + CLIENT_CODE_STACK_INDEX);
}
public static String methodName() {
return Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[CLIENT_CODE_STACK_INDEX].getMethodName();
}
}
StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
StackTraceElement e = stacktrace[1];//coz 0th will be getStackTrace so 1st
String methodName = e.getMethodName();
System.out.println(methodName);
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class TraceHelper {
// save it static to have it available on every call
private static Method m;
static {
try {
m = Throwable.class.getDeclaredMethod("getStackTraceElement",
int.class);
m.setAccessible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static String getMethodName(final int depth) {
try {
StackTraceElement element = (StackTraceElement) m.invoke(
new Throwable(), depth + 1);
return element.getMethodName();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
}
private void debug (Object object) {
debug(object,true);
}
private void dedub(Object object, boolean debug) {
if (debug) {
System.out.println(object);
// you can also write to a file but make sure the output stream
// ISN'T opened every time debug(Object object) is called
fileOutputStream.write(object.toString().getBytes());
}
}
public static String getCurrentClassAndMethodNames() {
final StackTraceElement e = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2];
final String s = e.getClassName();
return s.substring(s.lastIndexOf('.') + 1, s.length()) + "." + e.getMethodName();
}
SomeClass.java:
public class SomeClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(Util.getCurrentClassAndMethodNames()); // output: SomeClass.main
}
}