Getting the name of the currently executing method

Question

Is there a way to get the name of the currently executing method in Java?

Answer 1

MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();

Answer 2

Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace() will usually contain the method you’re calling it from but there are pitfalls (see Javadoc):

Some virtual machines may, under some circumstances, omit one or more stack frames from the stack trace. In the extreme case, a virtual machine that has no stack trace information concerning this thread is permitted to return a zero-length array from this method.

Answer 3

I've got solution using this (In Android)

/**
 * @param className       fully qualified className
 *                        <br/>
 *                        <code>YourClassName.class.getName();</code>
 *                        <br/><br/>
 * @param classSimpleName simpleClassName
 *                        <br/>
 *                        <code>YourClassName.class.getSimpleName();</code>
 *                        <br/><br/>
 */
public static void getStackTrace(final String className, final String classSimpleName) {
    final StackTraceElement[] steArray = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
    int index = 0;
    for (StackTraceElement ste : steArray) {
        if (ste.getClassName().equals(className)) {
            break;
        }
        index++;
    }
    if (index >= steArray.length) {
        // Little Hacky
        Log.w(classSimpleName, Arrays.toString(new String[]{steArray[3].getMethodName(), String.valueOf(steArray[3].getLineNumber())}));
    } else {
        // Legitimate
        Log.w(classSimpleName, Arrays.toString(new String[]{steArray[index].getMethodName(), String.valueOf(steArray[index].getLineNumber())}));
    }
}

Answer 4

Both of these options work for me with Java:

new Object(){}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName()

Or:

Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName()