Below I present you two different ways to
get the current Class:
Using
Thread
Using
getClass()
The simplest way to get the name of the class where your code is
being executed in is using the getClass() method
present in every java object. Like here:
String clazz = this.getClass().getName();
This works only if executed in an Object, namely an instanciated
class. If you try to execute the code above in
a static method.
It won't work. Even the keyword this is
meaningless in a static method.
Also, the class returned by the above method may actually be a
subclass of the class in which the method is defined. This is
because subclasses inherit the methods of their parents; and
getClass() returns the actual runtime type of the object. To get
the actual class in which a method is defined, use the method below
also.
In a static method
you can instead use the following:
String clazz = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getClassName();
Which uses the static methodgetStackTrace() to
get the whole stacktrace. This method returns an array, where the
first element (index 0) is the getStackTrace() you called and the
second element (index 1) is the method your code is in.
A similar trick can be used to find out the name of the method
currently executed:
String method = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName();
It's exactly the same principle, just you dig out the name of the
method 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);
}
}