Description
Below I present you two different ways toget the current Class:
- UsingThread
- UsinggetClass()
The simplest way to get the name of the class where your code isbeing executed in is using the getClass()
String clazz = this.getClass().getName();
This works only if executed in an Object, namely an instanciatedclass. If you try to execute the code above ina static
this
Also, the class returned by the above method may actually be asubclass of the class in which the method is defined. This isbecause subclasses inherit the methods of their parents; andgetClass() returns the actual runtime type of the object. To getthe actual class in which a method is defined, use the method belowalso.
In a static
String clazz = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getClassName();
Which uses the static methodgetStackTrace()
A similar trick can be used to find out the name of the methodcurrently executed:
String method = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName();
It's exactly the same principle, just you dig out the name of themethod instead of the class.
The code
package org.wikijava.reflection;
public class MethodName {
public static void main(String[] args) {
MethodName methodName = new MethodName();
String clazz = Thread.currentThread()
.getStackTrace()[1].getClassName();
String method = Thread.currentThread()
.getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName();
System.out.println("class name: " + clazz
+ " Method Name " + method);
methodName.anotherMethod();
}
private void anotherMethod() {
String clazz = this.getClass().getName();
String method = Thread.currentThread()
.getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName();
System.out.println("class name: " + clazz
+ " Method Name " + method);
}
}