Topic: How do I find the name of the class that has called a particular method.

How do I find the name of the class that has called a particular method.

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Posted By: Kartik_Shah
Posted On: Friday, January 11, 2002 05:25 AM

Hi,

I need to find the name of the class that has called a particular function.
E.g. If class A call a method as getName() of class B, then how can the method getName() of class B determine the name of the class hat called it, in this case it is class A.

Can someone tell me the method how to do that.

Thanks

Kartik

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Re: How do I find the name of the class that has called a particular method.

Posted By: Christopher_Schultz
Posted On: Friday, January 11, 2002 05:48 AM

Before JDK 1.4, you had to get a stack trace as a String and parse it yourself (search JavaWorld for 'check point' -- they've got an article where they implement fine-grained access control for methods based upon their caller).

In JDK 1.4, there's a way to get detailed information about a stack trace so that you don't have to parse it. Take a look at the javadoc for the Throwable class and see what's available.

-chris

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