Java: How to get a class object of the current class from a static context?

Question

I have a logging function that takes the calling object as a parameter. I then call getClass().getSimpleName() on it so that I can easily get the class name to add to my log en

Answer 1

You should hard code the class into the call in the short term. If you think you will need this in a variety of places in your project, as it is static, you should encapsulate it and have it take the class as a param.

public static void do_something_static(Class callingClass){
  log(callingClass, "Some message from static");
}

Answer 2

Instead of "this" use "MyClass.class" and let your log method treat class objects without getClass().

But instead of doing this yourself, consider letting the log framework do it.