Get Calling Class

In this example we will find the name of the class name. Description of the method used in the example: getStackTrace: Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by printStackTrace().

Get Calling Class

In this example we will find the name of the class name. Description of the method used in the example: getStackTrace: Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by printStackTrace().

Get Calling Class

Get Calling Class

     

In this example we will find the name of the class name.
Description of the method used in the example:
getStackTrace: Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by printStackTrace(). It returns array of StackTraceElement objects.
getClassName: It returns String type fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

Here is the video tutorial of "How to get the name of the calling class in Java?":

Here is the code of GetCollingClass.java

class GetCallingClass 
{
 public static void main(String args[]){
  new GetCallingClass().hello();
 }
 
 void hello()
 {
  try
  {
 throw new Exception("Error");
  }
  catch( Exception e )
  {
 System.out.println( e.getStackTrace()[1].getClassName());
 }
}
}

 

Output will be displayed as:

 

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