Getting the name of the current method

[odenc]

Hi all,
I am using JDK 1.3.1 and want to get the name of the current method as a string (for exception handling).
Does anybody know how to do this?
Thanks,
Caroline.

 

[sedj]

In JDK 1.4, the best way would be :

		String methodData = "";
		try {
			throw new Exception();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			StackTraceElement[] ste = e.getStackTrace();
			methodData = ste[0].getClassName() +"." +ste[0].getMethodName() +"(line:" +ste[0].getLineNumber() +")";
		}

		System.out.println(methodData);

However, the StackTraceElement does not exist in JDK 1.3 ...

so in JDK 1.3, I would do something like :

		String stackTrace = "";
		try {
			throw new Exception();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
			PrintWriter ps = new PrintWriter(baos, true);
			e.printStackTrace(ps);
			ps.close();

			stackTrace = new String(baos.toByteArray());
		}

		// You may want to refine this :
		String methodData = stackTrace.substring(stackTrace.indexOf("at ")+3, stackTrace.indexOf(")"));

		System.out.println(methodData);

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