So, we have a situation when we need to statically get class object or a class full/simple name without an explicit usage of MyClass.class syntax.
It can be really handy in some cases, e.g. logger instance for the kotlin upper-level functions (in this case kotlin creates a static Java class not accessible from the kotlin code).
We have a few different variants for getting this info:
new Object(){}.getClass().getEnclosingClass();
noted by Tom Hawtin - tackline
getClassContext()[0].getName(); from the SecurityManager
noted by Christoffer
new Throwable().getStackTrace()[0].getClassName();
by count ludwig
Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getClassName();
from Keksi
and finally awesome
MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass();
from Rein
I've prepared a jmh benchmark for all variants and results are:
#Runcomplete.Totaltime:00:04:18BenchmarkModeCntScoreErrorUnitsStaticClassLookup.MethodHandles_lookup_lookupClassavgt 303.630±0.024ns/op
StaticClassLookup.AnonymousObject_getClass_enclosingClassavgt 30282.486±1.980ns/op
StaticClassLookup.SecurityManager_classContext_1avgt 30680.385±21.665ns/op
StaticClassLookup.Thread_currentThread_stackTrace_1_classNameavgt 3011179.460±286.293ns/op
StaticClassLookup.Throwable_stackTrace_0_classNameavgt 3010221.209±176.847ns/op
Conclusions
Best variant to use, rather clean and monstrously fast.
Available only since Java 7 and Android API 26!
MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass();
In case you need this functionality for Android or Java 6, you can use the second best variant. It's rather fast too, but creates an anonymous class in each place of usage :(
newObject(){}.getClass().getEnclosingClass();
If you need it in many places and don't want your bytecode to bloat due to tons of anonymous classes – SecurityManager is your friend (third best option).
But you can't just call getClassContext() – it's protected in the SecurityManager class. You will need some helper class like this:
// Helper classpublicfinalclassCallerClassGetterextendsSecurityManager{privatestaticfinalCallerClassGetterINSTANCE =newCallerClassGetter();privateCallerClassGetter(){}publicstaticClass>getCallerClass(){returnINSTANCE.getClassContext()[1];}}// Usage example:classFooBar{staticfinalLoggerLOGGER =LoggerFactory.getLogger(CallerClassGetter.getCallerClass())}
You probably don't ever need to use last two variants based on the getStackTrace() from exception or the Thread.currentThread(). Very inefficient and can return only the class name as a String, not the Class instance.
P.S.
If you want to create a logger instance for static kotlin utils (like me :), you can use this helper:
importorg.slf4j.Loggerimportorg.slf4j.LoggerFactory// Should be inlined to get an actual class instead of the one where this helper declared// Will work only since Java 7 and Android API 26!@Suppress("NOTHING_TO_INLINE")inlinefun loggerFactoryStatic():Logger=LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass())
Usage example:
privateval LOGGER =loggerFactoryStatic()/**
* Returns a pseudo-random, uniformly distributed value between the
* given least value (inclusive) and bound (exclusive).
*
* @param min the least value returned
* @param max the upper bound (exclusive)
*
* @return the next value
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if least greater than or equal to bound
* @see java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom.nextDouble(double, double)
*/fun Random.nextDouble(min:Double=.0,max:Double=1.0):Double{if(min >=max){if(min ==max)returnmax
LOGGER.warn("nextDouble: min $min > max $max")returnmin
}returnnextDouble()*(max -min)+min
}