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How to capture the calling class name from within a static method [duplicate]

I need to find the caller of a method. Is it possible using stacktrace or reflection?

StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()
According to the Javadocs:
The last element of the array represents the bottom of the stack, which is the least recent method invocation in the sequence.
A StackTraceElement has getClassName(), getFileName(), getLineNumber() and getMethodName().
You will have to experiment to determine which index you want
(probably stackTraceElements[1] or [2]).

Note: if you are using Java 9 or later you should use StackWalker.getCallerClass() as described in Ali Dehghani's answer.
The comparison of different methods below is mostly interesting for historical reason.
An alternative solution can be found in a comment to this request for enhancement.
It uses the getClassContext() method of a custom SecurityManager and seems to be faster than the stack trace method.
The following program tests the speed of the different suggested methods (the most interesting bit is in the inner class SecurityManagerMethod):
/**
* Test the speed of various methods for getting the caller class name
*/
public class TestGetCallerClassName {
/**
* Abstract class for testing different methods of getting the caller class name
*/
private static abstract class GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public abstract String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth);
public abstract String getMethodName();
}
/**
* Uses the internal Reflection class
*/
private static class ReflectionMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(callStackDepth).getName();
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "Reflection";
}
}
/**
* Get a stack trace from the current thread
*/
private static class ThreadStackTraceMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[callStackDepth].getClassName();
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "Current Thread StackTrace";
}
}
/**
* Get a stack trace from a new Throwable
*/
private static class ThrowableStackTraceMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return new Throwable().getStackTrace()[callStackDepth].getClassName();
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "Throwable StackTrace";
}
}
/**
* Use the SecurityManager.getClassContext()
*/
private static class SecurityManagerMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return mySecurityManager.getCallerClassName(callStackDepth);
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "SecurityManager";
}
/**
* A custom security manager that exposes the getClassContext() information
*/
static class MySecurityManager extends SecurityManager {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return getClassContext()[callStackDepth].getName();
}
}
private final static MySecurityManager mySecurityManager =
new MySecurityManager();
}
/**
* Test all four methods
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
testMethod(new ReflectionMethod());
testMethod(new ThreadStackTraceMethod());
testMethod(new ThrowableStackTraceMethod());
testMethod(new SecurityManagerMethod());
}
private static void testMethod(GetCallerClassNameMethod method) {
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
String className = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
className = method.getCallerClassName(2);
}
printElapsedTime(method.getMethodName(), startTime);
}
private static void printElapsedTime(String title, long startTime) {
System.out.println(title + ": " + ((double)(System.nanoTime() - startTime))/1000000 + " ms.");
}
}
An example of the output from my 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook running Java 1.6.0_17:
Reflection: 10.195 ms.
Current Thread StackTrace: 5886.964 ms.
Throwable StackTrace: 4700.073 ms.
SecurityManager: 1046.804 ms.
The internal Reflection method is much faster than the others. Getting a stack trace from a newly created Throwable is faster than getting it from the current Thread. And among the non-internal ways of finding the caller class the custom SecurityManager seems to be the fastest.
Update
As lyomi points out in this comment the sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass() method has been disabled by default in Java 7 update 40 and removed completely in Java 8. Read more about this in this issue in the Java bug database.
Update 2
As zammbi has found, Oracle was forced to back out of the change that removed the sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(). It is still available in Java 8 (but it is deprecated).
Update 3
3 years after: Update on timing with current JVM.
> java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode)
> java TestGetCallerClassName
Reflection: 0.194s.
Current Thread StackTrace: 3.887s.
Throwable StackTrace: 3.173s.
SecurityManager: 0.565s.

Java 9 - JEP 259: Stack-Walking API
JEP 259 provides an efficient standard API for stack walking that allows easy filtering of, and lazy access to, the information in stack traces. Before Stack-Walking API, common ways of accessing stack frames were:
Throwable::getStackTrace and Thread::getStackTrace return an array of
StackTraceElement objects, which contain the class name and method
name of each stack-trace element.
SecurityManager::getClassContext is a protected method, which allows a
SecurityManager subclass to access the class context.
JDK-internal sun.reflect.Reflection::getCallerClass method which you shouldn't use anyway
Using these APIs are usually inefficient:
These APIs require the VM to eagerly capture a snapshot of the entire
stack, and they return information representing the entire stack.
There is no way to avoid the cost of examining all the frames if the
caller is only interested in the top few frames on the stack.
In order to find the immediate caller's class, first obtain a StackWalker:
StackWalker walker = StackWalker
.getInstance(StackWalker.Option.RETAIN_CLASS_REFERENCE);
Then either call the getCallerClass():
Class<?> callerClass = walker.getCallerClass();
or walk the StackFrames and get the first preceding StackFrame:
walker.walk(frames -> frames
.map(StackWalker.StackFrame::getDeclaringClass)
.skip(1)
.findFirst());

Sounds like you're trying to avoid passing a reference to this into the method. Passing this is way better than finding the caller through the current stack trace. Refactoring to a more OO design is even better. You shouldn't need to know the caller. Pass a callback object if necessary.

Oneliner:
Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2].getMethodName()
Note that you might need to replace the 2 with 1.

This method does the same thing but a little more simply and possibly a little more performant and in the event you are using reflection, it skips those frames automatically. The only issue is it may not be present in non-Sun JVMs, although it is included in the runtime classes of JRockit 1.4-->1.6. (Point is, it is not a public class).
sun.reflect.Reflection
/** Returns the class of the method <code>realFramesToSkip</code>
frames up the stack (zero-based), ignoring frames associated
with java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke() and its implementation.
The first frame is that associated with this method, so
<code>getCallerClass(0)</code> returns the Class object for
sun.reflect.Reflection. Frames associated with
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke() and its implementation are
completely ignored and do not count toward the number of "real"
frames skipped. */
public static native Class getCallerClass(int realFramesToSkip);
As far as what the realFramesToSkip value should be, the Sun 1.5 and 1.6 VM versions of java.lang.System, there is a package protected method called getCallerClass() which calls sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(3), but in my helper utility class I used 4 since there is the added frame of the helper class invocation.

/**
* Get the method name for a depth in call stack. <br />
* Utility function
* #param depth depth in the call stack (0 means current method, 1 means call method, ...)
* #return method name
*/
public static String getMethodName(final int depth)
{
final StackTraceElement[] ste = new Throwable().getStackTrace();
//System. out.println(ste[ste.length-depth].getClassName()+"#"+ste[ste.length-depth].getMethodName());
return ste[ste.length - depth].getMethodName();
}
For example, if you try to get the calling method line for debug purpose, you need to get past the Utility class in which you code those static methods:
(old java1.4 code, just to illustrate a potential StackTraceElement usage)
/**
* Returns the first "[class#method(line)]: " of the first class not equal to "StackTraceUtils". <br />
* From the Stack Trace.
* #return "[class#method(line)]: " (never empty, first class past StackTraceUtils)
*/
public static String getClassMethodLine()
{
return getClassMethodLine(null);
}
/**
* Returns the first "[class#method(line)]: " of the first class not equal to "StackTraceUtils" and aclass. <br />
* Allows to get past a certain class.
* #param aclass class to get pass in the stack trace. If null, only try to get past StackTraceUtils.
* #return "[class#method(line)]: " (never empty, because if aclass is not found, returns first class past StackTraceUtils)
*/
public static String getClassMethodLine(final Class aclass)
{
final StackTraceElement st = getCallingStackTraceElement(aclass);
final String amsg = "[" + st.getClassName() + "#" + st.getMethodName() + "(" + st.getLineNumber()
+")] <" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + ">: ";
return amsg;
}
/**
* Returns the first stack trace element of the first class not equal to "StackTraceUtils" or "LogUtils" and aClass. <br />
* Stored in array of the callstack. <br />
* Allows to get past a certain class.
* #param aclass class to get pass in the stack trace. If null, only try to get past StackTraceUtils.
* #return stackTraceElement (never null, because if aClass is not found, returns first class past StackTraceUtils)
* #throws AssertionFailedException if resulting statckTrace is null (RuntimeException)
*/
public static StackTraceElement getCallingStackTraceElement(final Class aclass)
{
final Throwable t = new Throwable();
final StackTraceElement[] ste = t.getStackTrace();
int index = 1;
final int limit = ste.length;
StackTraceElement st = ste[index];
String className = st.getClassName();
boolean aclassfound = false;
if(aclass == null)
{
aclassfound = true;
}
StackTraceElement resst = null;
while(index < limit)
{
if(shouldExamine(className, aclass) == true)
{
if(resst == null)
{
resst = st;
}
if(aclassfound == true)
{
final StackTraceElement ast = onClassfound(aclass, className, st);
if(ast != null)
{
resst = ast;
break;
}
}
else
{
if(aclass != null && aclass.getName().equals(className) == true)
{
aclassfound = true;
}
}
}
index = index + 1;
st = ste[index];
className = st.getClassName();
}
if(resst == null)
{
//Assert.isNotNull(resst, "stack trace should null"); //NO OTHERWISE circular dependencies
throw new AssertionFailedException(StackTraceUtils.getClassMethodLine() + " null argument:" + "stack trace should null"); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
return resst;
}
static private boolean shouldExamine(String className, Class aclass)
{
final boolean res = StackTraceUtils.class.getName().equals(className) == false && (className.endsWith("LogUtils"
) == false || (aclass !=null && aclass.getName().endsWith("LogUtils")));
return res;
}
static private StackTraceElement onClassfound(Class aclass, String className, StackTraceElement st)
{
StackTraceElement resst = null;
if(aclass != null && aclass.getName().equals(className) == false)
{
resst = st;
}
if(aclass == null)
{
resst = st;
}
return resst;
}

I've done this before. You can just create a new exception and grab the stack trace on it without throwing it, then examine the stack trace. As the other answer says though, it's extremely costly--don't do it in a tight loop.
I've done it before for a logging utility on an app where performance didn't matter much (Performance rarely matters much at all, actually--as long as you display the result to an action such as a button click quickly).
It was before you could get the stack trace, exceptions just had .printStackTrace() so I had to redirect System.out to a stream of my own creation, then (new Exception()).printStackTrace(); Redirect System.out back and parse the stream. Fun stuff.

private void parseExceptionContents(
final Exception exception,
final OutputStream out)
{
final StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = exception.getStackTrace();
int index = 0;
for (StackTraceElement element : stackTrace)
{
final String exceptionMsg =
"Exception thrown from " + element.getMethodName()
+ " in class " + element.getClassName() + " [on line number "
+ element.getLineNumber() + " of file " + element.getFileName() + "]";
try
{
out.write((headerLine + newLine).getBytes());
out.write((headerTitlePortion + index++ + newLine).getBytes() );
out.write((headerLine + newLine).getBytes());
out.write((exceptionMsg + newLine + newLine).getBytes());
out.write(
("Exception.toString: " + element.toString() + newLine).getBytes());
}
catch (IOException ioEx)
{
System.err.println(
"IOException encountered while trying to write "
+ "StackTraceElement data to provided OutputStream.\n"
+ ioEx.getMessage() );
}
}
}

Here is a part of the code that I made based in the hints showed in this topic.
Hope it helps.
(Feel free to make any suggestions to improve this code, please tell me)
The counter:
public class InstanceCount{
private static Map<Integer, CounterInstanceLog> instanceMap = new HashMap<Integer, CounterInstanceLog>();
private CounterInstanceLog counterInstanceLog;
public void count() {
counterInstanceLog= new counterInstanceLog();
if(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode() != 0){
try {
if (instanceMap .containsKey(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode())) {
counterInstanceLog= instanceMap .get(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode());
}
counterInstanceLog.incrementCounter();
instanceMap .put(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode(), counterInstanceLog);
}
(...)
}
And the object:
public class CounterInstanceLog{
private int idHashCode;
private StackTraceElement[] arrayStackTraceElements;
private int instanceCount;
private String callerClassName;
private StackTraceElement getProjectClasses(int depth) {
if(depth< 10){
getCallerClassName(sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(depth).getName());
if(getCallerClassName().startsWith("com.yourproject.model")){
setStackTraceElements(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace());
setIdHashCode();
return arrayStackTraceElements[depth];
}
//+2 because one new item are added to the stackflow
return getProjectClasses(profundidade+2);
}else{
return null;
}
}
private void setIdHashCode() {
if(getNomeClasse() != null){
this.idHashCode = (getCallerClassName()).hashCode();
}
}
public void incrementaContador() {
this.instanceCount++;
}
//getters and setters
(...)
}

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
class DBConnection {
String createdBy = null;
DBConnection(Throwable whoCreatedMe) {
ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(os);
whoCreatedMe.printStackTrace(pw);
try {
createdBy = os.toString();
pw.close();
os.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public class ThrowableTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Throwable createdBy = new Throwable(
"Connection created from DBConnectionManager");
DBConnection conn = new DBConnection(createdBy);
System.out.println(conn.createdBy);
}
}
OR
public static interface ICallback<T> { T doOperation(); }
public class TestCallerOfMethod {
public static <T> T callTwo(final ICallback<T> c){
// Pass the object created at callee to the caller
// From the passed object we can get; what is the callee name like below.
System.out.println(c.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName());
return c.doOperation();
}
public static boolean callOne(){
ICallback callBackInstance = new ICallback(Boolean){
#Override
public Boolean doOperation()
{
return true;
}
};
return callTwo(callBackInstance);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
callOne();
}
}

use this method:-
StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
stackTraceElement e = stacktrace[2];//maybe this number needs to be corrected
System.out.println(e.getMethodName());
Caller of method example Code is here:-
public class TestString {
public static void main(String[] args) {
TestString testString = new TestString();
testString.doit1();
testString.doit2();
testString.doit3();
testString.doit4();
}
public void doit() {
StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
StackTraceElement e = stacktrace[2];//maybe this number needs to be corrected
System.out.println(e.getMethodName());
}
public void doit1() {
doit();
}
public void doit2() {
doit();
}
public void doit3() {
doit();
}
public void doit4() {
doit();
}
}

Short answer ReflectionUtils.getCallingClass(0)
Long answer (code, Groovy)
package my
import org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionUtils
import java.lang.reflect.Field
import java.lang.reflect.Method
trait Reflector {
static String[] fieldNames() {
List<String> names = []
Arrays.asList(naturalFields()).forEach { Field fl -> names.add(fl.name) }
return names.toArray() as String[]
}
static Field[] naturalFields() {
return finalClass().getDeclaredFields().findAll { Field fl -> !fl.synthetic }.collect()
}
static Method[] naturalMethods() {
return finalClass().getDeclaredMethods().findAll { Method md -> !md.synthetic }.collect()
}
static Class finalClass() {
return ReflectionUtils.getCallingClass(0)
}
}
class Demo implements Reflector {
int archived = 0
int demo = 100
static void playToo() {
println finalClass()
}
}
println Demo.finalClass() // class my.Demo
println Demo.naturalFields() // [private int my.Demo.archived, private int my.Demo.demo]
println Demo.fieldNames() // [archived, demo]

Check if a method was called inside another method

Is there any way in java to check if a certain method was called inside another method? I am testing a class and the method I am having trouble with plays sound and there is virtually no way of getting the audio file that is played(private attribute inside an inner class) without changing the code. However the way the method plays sounds is it calls a method that plays a single sound (playSadMusic, playHappyMusic, etc). Those methods are in an interface that I have to create a mock object for. I'm a little stuck on how I would exactly go about testing this. Any thoughts? Any other ideas on how I could possibly test this other than check if a certain method was call are welcome.
I am using JMock 2.6.0 and JUnit 4
the audio inteface
public interface StockTickerAudioInterface {
public abstract void playHappyMusic();
public abstract void playSadMusic();
public abstract void playErrorMusic();
}
anther interface I have to create a mock for
public interface StockQuoteGeneratorInterface {
public abstract StockQuoteInterface getCurrentQuote() throws Exception;
public abstract String getSymbol();
public abstract void setSymbol(String symbol);
public abstract StockQuoteGeneratorInterface createNewInstance(String symbol);
}
the class being tested
public class StockQuoteAnalyzer {
private StockTickerAudioInterface audioPlayer = null;
private String symbol;
private StockQuoteGeneratorInterface stockQuoteSource = null;
private StockQuoteInterface lastQuote = null;
private StockQuoteInterface currentQuote = null;
public StockQuoteAnalyzer(String symbol,
StockQuoteGeneratorInterface stockQuoteSource,
StockTickerAudioInterface audioPlayer)
throws InvalidStockSymbolException, NullPointerException,
StockTickerConnectionError {
super();
// Check the validity of the symbol.
if (StockTickerListing.getSingleton().isValidTickerSymbol(symbol) == true){
this.symbol = symbol;
} else {
throw new InvalidStockSymbolException("Symbol " + symbol
+ "not found.");
}
if (stockQuoteSource == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"The source for stock quotes can not be null");
}
this.stockQuoteSource = stockQuoteSource;
this.audioPlayer = audioPlayer;
}
public double getChangeSinceLast() {
double retVal = 0.0;
if (this.lastQuote != null) {
double delta = this.currentQuote.getLastTrade() - this.lastQuote.getLastTrade();
retVal = 100 * (delta / this.lastQuote.getLastTrade());
}
return retVal;
}
public double getChangeSinceYesterday() {
double delta = (this.currentQuote.getLastTrade() - this.currentQuote
.getClose());
return 100 * (delta / this.currentQuote.getClose());
}
public void playAppropriateAudio() {
if ((this.getChangeSinceYesterday() > 2)
|| (this.getChangeSinceLast() > 0.5)) {
audioPlayer.playHappyMusic();
}
if ((this.getChangeSinceYesterday() < -2)
|| (this.getChangeSinceLast() < -0.5)) {
audioPlayer.playSadMusic();
}
}
}

If you use Mockito you can use verify() to check the number of times a method was called. Use it like this:
verify(mockedObject, times(1)).methodToValidate();
You can check if methodToValidate() was called with a specific string, e.i verify(mockedObject, times(1)).methodToValidate("a specific value"); or you can use it with anyString() like this: verify(mockedObject, times(1)).methodToValidate(anyString());.
Unless this method is called with your specified paramterer, the test will fail
Read more about verify here.
UPDATE
Since your edited post states that you are using jMock, a quick googeling showed me that it is possible to achieve a similar behaviour with jMock and it's expect method. It's used as below:
mockedObject.expects(once()).method("nameOfMethod").with( eq("An optional paramter") );
More detailed explanation can be found by reading jMocks getting started page.

say you have a method child() which is called in parent()
public void parent() {
child();
}
In child() to get the last method it got invoked from, you can use StackTraceElement
public void child() {
StackTraceElement[] traces = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
boolean check = false;
for(StackTraceElement element : traces) {
if(check) {
System.out.println("Calling method - " + element.getMethodName());
}
if(element.getMethodName().equals("child")) {
check = true;
}
}
}

If you are writing a mock object with the methods you want to check whether they were called, you can implement the methods in a way they raise some flag when they are called, for example
public void playHappyMusic() {
this.wasCalled = true;
}
wasCalled being a public (or with getters) class variable. Then you just check the flag.

Provide you are in the same thread as the calling method, you can check the stack trace in any given moment this way:
Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()
You can see what method are called doing it like this:
for (StackTraceElement ste : Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()) {
System.out.println(ste);
}
For example:
public class Test {
public static void main (String[]s){
Test test = new Test();
test.makeTest();
}
public void makeTest(){
for (StackTraceElement ste : Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()) {
System.out.println(ste);
}
}
results in
java.lang.Thread.getStackTrace(Unknown Source)
Test.makeTest(Test.java:17)
Test.main(Test.java:11)

How do I get the method name from within that method?

I am trying to create a function that returns the method name from within that method:
public static String getMethodName(final int depth)
{
final StackTraceElement[] ste = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
return ste[ste.length - 1 - depth].getMethodName();
}
However, when I call this method from Activity.onCreate(), it returns "main" instead of "onCreate".
How do I get the actual method name from within that method?

return ste[1+depth].getMethodName();
If you change return statement as above, you would get immediate calling method name , of cource depth shoould be zero..

Despite the fact initiating an Exception is more expensive way, I would do it anyway.
Log.d("CurrentMethod", new Exception().getStackTrace()[0].getMethodName());
Works if called in onCreate.

A singleton to manage logs:
public class ActiveLog {
public static final String TAG = "TRACE LOG";
private static ActiveLog instance;
private static boolean actif;
public static ActiveLog getInstance() {
if (null == instance)
instance = new ActiveLog();
return instance;
}
private ActiveLog() {
ActiveLog.setActif(true);
}
public void log() {
if(isActif())
Log.d(TAG, "" + (new Exception().getStackTrace()[1].getClassName())
+ ": "
+ (new Exception().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName()));
}
public static boolean isActif() {
return actif;
}
public static void setActif(boolean actif) {
ActiveLog.actif = actif;
}}
An example of use:
public class MyTest {
public void test() {
ActiveLog.getInstance().log();
}
}
The result:
09-05 14:37:09.822: D/TRACE LOG(XXXX): com.TestProject.MyTest: test

I think your problem maybe you are accessing the stack upside down. In the returned value element 0 is the most recent call (which would be getStackTrace()). I think what you are intending to do is:
public static String getMethodName(final int depth) {
final StackTraceElement[] ste = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
return ste[1 + depth].getMethodName();
}
This will access the most recent call in the stack (outside of the call to getStackTrace()). For example if you have a method:
public void foo() {
System.out.println(getMethodName(0));
}
This will print "foo" with the above implementation of the function. Of course you may also want to add some bounds checking to the function since it could easily go outside the array.

How can I find all the methods that call a given method in Java?

I need to get a list of all caller methods for a method of interest for me in Java. Is there a tool that can help me with this?
Edit: I forgot to mention that I need to do this from a program. I'm usig Java Pathfinder and I want to run it an all the methods that call my method of interest.

For analyzing bytecode, I would recommend ASM. Given a list of Classes to analyze, a visitor can be made which finds the method calls you're interested in. One implementation which analyses classes in a jar file is below.
Note that ASM uses internalNames with '/' instead of '.' as a separator. Specify the target method as a standard declaration without modifiers.
For example, to list methods that could be calling System.out.println("foo") in the java runtime jar:
java -cp "classes;asm-3.1.jar;asm-commons-3.1.jar" App \
c:/java/jdk/jre/lib/rt.jar \
java/io/PrintStream "void println(String)"
Edit: source and line numbers added: Note that this only indicates the last target method invocation per calling method - the original q only wanted to know which methods. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to show line numbers of the calling method declaration, or the line numbers of every target invocation, depending on what you're actually after. :)
results in:
LogSupport.java:44 com/sun/activation/registries/LogSupport log (Ljava/lang/String;)V
LogSupport.java:50 com/sun/activation/registries/LogSupport log (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
...
Throwable.java:498 java/lang/Throwable printStackTraceAsCause (Ljava/io/PrintStream;[Ljava/lang/StackTraceElement;)V
--
885 methods invoke java/io/PrintStream println (Ljava/lang/String;)V
source:
public class App {
private String targetClass;
private Method targetMethod;
private AppClassVisitor cv;
private ArrayList<Callee> callees = new ArrayList<Callee>();
private static class Callee {
String className;
String methodName;
String methodDesc;
String source;
int line;
public Callee(String cName, String mName, String mDesc, String src, int ln) {
className = cName; methodName = mName; methodDesc = mDesc; source = src; line = ln;
}
}
private class AppMethodVisitor extends MethodAdapter {
boolean callsTarget;
int line;
public AppMethodVisitor() { super(new EmptyVisitor()); }
public void visitMethodInsn(int opcode, String owner, String name, String desc) {
if (owner.equals(targetClass)
&& name.equals(targetMethod.getName())
&& desc.equals(targetMethod.getDescriptor())) {
callsTarget = true;
}
}
public void visitCode() {
callsTarget = false;
}
public void visitLineNumber(int line, Label start) {
this.line = line;
}
public void visitEnd() {
if (callsTarget)
callees.add(new Callee(cv.className, cv.methodName, cv.methodDesc,
cv.source, line));
}
}
private class AppClassVisitor extends ClassAdapter {
private AppMethodVisitor mv = new AppMethodVisitor();
public String source;
public String className;
public String methodName;
public String methodDesc;
public AppClassVisitor() { super(new EmptyVisitor()); }
public void visit(int version, int access, String name,
String signature, String superName, String[] interfaces) {
className = name;
}
public void visitSource(String source, String debug) {
this.source = source;
}
public MethodVisitor visitMethod(int access, String name,
String desc, String signature,
String[] exceptions) {
methodName = name;
methodDesc = desc;
return mv;
}
}
public void findCallingMethodsInJar(String jarPath, String targetClass,
String targetMethodDeclaration) throws Exception {
this.targetClass = targetClass;
this.targetMethod = Method.getMethod(targetMethodDeclaration);
this.cv = new AppClassVisitor();
JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(jarPath);
Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jarFile.entries();
while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
JarEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
if (entry.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
InputStream stream = new BufferedInputStream(jarFile.getInputStream(entry), 1024);
ClassReader reader = new ClassReader(stream);
reader.accept(cv, 0);
stream.close();
}
}
}
public static void main( String[] args ) {
try {
App app = new App();
app.findCallingMethodsInJar(args[0], args[1], args[2]);
for (Callee c : app.callees) {
System.out.println(c.source+":"+c.line+" "+c.className+" "+c.methodName+" "+c.methodDesc);
}
System.out.println("--\n"+app.callees.size()+" methods invoke "+
app.targetClass+" "+
app.targetMethod.getName()+" "+app.targetMethod.getDescriptor());
} catch(Exception x) {
x.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

Edit: the original question was edited to indicate a runtime solution was needed - this answer was given before that edit and only indicates how to do it during development.
If you are using Eclipse you can right click the method and choose "Open call hierarchy" to get this information.
Updated after reading comments: Other IDEs support this as well in a similar fashion (at least Netbeans and IntelliJ do)

Annotate the method with #Deprecated ( or tag it with #deprecated ), turn on deprecation warnings, run your compile and see which warnings get triggered.
The run your compile bit can be done either by invoking an external ant process or by using the Java 6 compiler API.

right click on method
Go to references and (depending on your requirement)
choose workspace/project/Hierarchy.
This pops up a panel that shows all references to this functions. Eclipse FTW !

In eclipse, highlight the method name and then Ctrl+Shift+G

There isn't a way to do this (programmatically) via the Java reflection libraries - you can't ask a java.lang.reflect.Method "which methods do you call?"
That leaves two other options I can think of:
Static analysis of the source code. I'm sure this is what the Eclipse Java toolset does - you could look at the Eclipse source behind the JDT, and find what it does when you ask Eclipse to "Find References" to a method.
Bytecode analysis. You could inspect the bytecode for calls to the method. I'm not sure what libraries or examples are out there to help with this - but I can't imagine that something doesn't exist.

Yes, most modern IDE:s will let you either search for usages of a method or variable. Alternatively, you could use a debugger and set a trace point on the method entry, printing a stack trace or whatever every time the method is invoked.
Finally, you could use some simple shell util to just grep for the method, such as
find . -name '*.java' -exec grep -H methodName {} ;
The only method that will let you find invokations made through some reflection method, though, would be using the debugger.

I made a small example using #Chadwick's one. It's a test that assesses if calls to getDatabaseEngine() are made by methods that implement #Transaction.
/**
* Ensures that methods that call {#link DatabaseProvider#getDatabaseEngine()}
* implement the {#link #Transaction} annotation.
*
* #throws Exception If something occurs while testing.
*/
#Test
public void ensure() throws Exception {
final Method method = Method.getMethod(
DatabaseEngine.class.getCanonicalName() + " getDatabaseEngine()");
final ArrayList<java.lang.reflect.Method> faultyMethods = Lists.newArrayList();
for (Path p : getAllClasses()) {
try (InputStream stream = new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(p))) {
ClassReader reader = new ClassReader(stream);
reader.accept(new ClassAdapter(new EmptyVisitor()) {
#Override
public MethodVisitor visitMethod(final int access, final String name, final String desc, final String signature, final String[] exceptions) {
return new MethodAdapter(new EmptyVisitor()) {
#Override
public void visitMethodInsn(int opcode, String owner, String nameCode, String descCode) {
try {
final Class<?> klass = Class.forName(Type.getObjectType(owner).getClassName());
if (DatabaseProvider.class.isAssignableFrom(klass) &&
nameCode.equals(method.getName()) &&
descCode.equals(method.getDescriptor())) {
final java.lang.reflect.Method method = klass.getDeclaredMethod(name,
getParameters(desc).toArray(new Class[]{}));
for (Annotation annotation : method.getDeclaredAnnotations()) {
if (annotation.annotationType().equals(Transaction.class)) {
return;
}
}
faultyMethods.add(method);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Throwables.propagate(e);
}
}
};
}
}, 0);
}
}
if (!faultyMethods.isEmpty()) {
fail("\n\nThe following methods must implement #Transaction because they're calling getDatabaseEngine().\n\n" + Joiner.on("\n").join
(faultyMethods) + "\n\n");
}
}
/**
* Gets all the classes from target.
*
* #return The list of classes.
* #throws IOException If something occurs while collecting those classes.
*/
private List<Path> getAllClasses() throws IOException {
final ImmutableList.Builder<Path> builder = new ImmutableList.Builder<>();
Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get("target", "classes"), new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
#Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
if (file.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".class")) {
builder.add(file);
}
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
});
return builder.build();
}
/**
* Gets the list of parameters given the description.
*
* #param desc The method description.
* #return The list of parameters.
* #throws Exception If something occurs getting the parameters.
*/
private List<Class<?>> getParameters(String desc) throws Exception {
ImmutableList.Builder<Class<?>> obj = new ImmutableList.Builder<>();
for (Type type : Type.getArgumentTypes(desc)) {
obj.add(ClassUtils.getClass(type.getClassName()));
}
return obj.build();
}

1)In eclipse it is ->right click on the method and select open call hierarchy or CLT+ALT+H
2)In jdeveloper it is -> right click on the method and select calls or ALT+SHIFT+H

The closest that I could find was the method described in this StackOverflow questions selected answer.check this out

You can do this with something in your IDE such as "Find Usages" (which is what it is called in Netbeans and JDeveloper). A couple of things to note:
If your method implements a method from an interface or base class, you can only know that your method is POSSIBLY called.
A lot of Java frameworks use Reflection to call your method (IE Spring, Hibernate, JSF, etc), so be careful of that.
On the same note, your method could be called by some framework, reflectively or not, so again be careful.

How do I find the caller of a method using stacktrace or reflection?

I need to find the caller of a method. Is it possible using stacktrace or reflection?

StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()
According to the Javadocs:
The last element of the array represents the bottom of the stack, which is the least recent method invocation in the sequence.
A StackTraceElement has getClassName(), getFileName(), getLineNumber() and getMethodName().
You will have to experiment to determine which index you want
(probably stackTraceElements[1] or [2]).

Note: if you are using Java 9 or later you should use StackWalker.getCallerClass() as described in Ali Dehghani's answer.
The comparison of different methods below is mostly interesting for historical reason.
An alternative solution can be found in a comment to this request for enhancement.
It uses the getClassContext() method of a custom SecurityManager and seems to be faster than the stack trace method.
The following program tests the speed of the different suggested methods (the most interesting bit is in the inner class SecurityManagerMethod):
/**
* Test the speed of various methods for getting the caller class name
*/
public class TestGetCallerClassName {
/**
* Abstract class for testing different methods of getting the caller class name
*/
private static abstract class GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public abstract String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth);
public abstract String getMethodName();
}
/**
* Uses the internal Reflection class
*/
private static class ReflectionMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(callStackDepth).getName();
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "Reflection";
}
}
/**
* Get a stack trace from the current thread
*/
private static class ThreadStackTraceMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[callStackDepth].getClassName();
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "Current Thread StackTrace";
}
}
/**
* Get a stack trace from a new Throwable
*/
private static class ThrowableStackTraceMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return new Throwable().getStackTrace()[callStackDepth].getClassName();
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "Throwable StackTrace";
}
}
/**
* Use the SecurityManager.getClassContext()
*/
private static class SecurityManagerMethod extends GetCallerClassNameMethod {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return mySecurityManager.getCallerClassName(callStackDepth);
}
public String getMethodName() {
return "SecurityManager";
}
/**
* A custom security manager that exposes the getClassContext() information
*/
static class MySecurityManager extends SecurityManager {
public String getCallerClassName(int callStackDepth) {
return getClassContext()[callStackDepth].getName();
}
}
private final static MySecurityManager mySecurityManager =
new MySecurityManager();
}
/**
* Test all four methods
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
testMethod(new ReflectionMethod());
testMethod(new ThreadStackTraceMethod());
testMethod(new ThrowableStackTraceMethod());
testMethod(new SecurityManagerMethod());
}
private static void testMethod(GetCallerClassNameMethod method) {
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
String className = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
className = method.getCallerClassName(2);
}
printElapsedTime(method.getMethodName(), startTime);
}
private static void printElapsedTime(String title, long startTime) {
System.out.println(title + ": " + ((double)(System.nanoTime() - startTime))/1000000 + " ms.");
}
}
An example of the output from my 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook running Java 1.6.0_17:
Reflection: 10.195 ms.
Current Thread StackTrace: 5886.964 ms.
Throwable StackTrace: 4700.073 ms.
SecurityManager: 1046.804 ms.
The internal Reflection method is much faster than the others. Getting a stack trace from a newly created Throwable is faster than getting it from the current Thread. And among the non-internal ways of finding the caller class the custom SecurityManager seems to be the fastest.
Update
As lyomi points out in this comment the sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass() method has been disabled by default in Java 7 update 40 and removed completely in Java 8. Read more about this in this issue in the Java bug database.
Update 2
As zammbi has found, Oracle was forced to back out of the change that removed the sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(). It is still available in Java 8 (but it is deprecated).
Update 3
3 years after: Update on timing with current JVM.
> java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode)
> java TestGetCallerClassName
Reflection: 0.194s.
Current Thread StackTrace: 3.887s.
Throwable StackTrace: 3.173s.
SecurityManager: 0.565s.

Java 9 - JEP 259: Stack-Walking API
JEP 259 provides an efficient standard API for stack walking that allows easy filtering of, and lazy access to, the information in stack traces. Before Stack-Walking API, common ways of accessing stack frames were:
Throwable::getStackTrace and Thread::getStackTrace return an array of
StackTraceElement objects, which contain the class name and method
name of each stack-trace element.
SecurityManager::getClassContext is a protected method, which allows a
SecurityManager subclass to access the class context.
JDK-internal sun.reflect.Reflection::getCallerClass method which you shouldn't use anyway
Using these APIs are usually inefficient:
These APIs require the VM to eagerly capture a snapshot of the entire
stack, and they return information representing the entire stack.
There is no way to avoid the cost of examining all the frames if the
caller is only interested in the top few frames on the stack.
In order to find the immediate caller's class, first obtain a StackWalker:
StackWalker walker = StackWalker
.getInstance(StackWalker.Option.RETAIN_CLASS_REFERENCE);
Then either call the getCallerClass():
Class<?> callerClass = walker.getCallerClass();
or walk the StackFrames and get the first preceding StackFrame:
walker.walk(frames -> frames
.map(StackWalker.StackFrame::getDeclaringClass)
.skip(1)
.findFirst());

Sounds like you're trying to avoid passing a reference to this into the method. Passing this is way better than finding the caller through the current stack trace. Refactoring to a more OO design is even better. You shouldn't need to know the caller. Pass a callback object if necessary.

Oneliner:
Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2].getMethodName()
Note that you might need to replace the 2 with 1.

This method does the same thing but a little more simply and possibly a little more performant and in the event you are using reflection, it skips those frames automatically. The only issue is it may not be present in non-Sun JVMs, although it is included in the runtime classes of JRockit 1.4-->1.6. (Point is, it is not a public class).
sun.reflect.Reflection
/** Returns the class of the method <code>realFramesToSkip</code>
frames up the stack (zero-based), ignoring frames associated
with java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke() and its implementation.
The first frame is that associated with this method, so
<code>getCallerClass(0)</code> returns the Class object for
sun.reflect.Reflection. Frames associated with
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke() and its implementation are
completely ignored and do not count toward the number of "real"
frames skipped. */
public static native Class getCallerClass(int realFramesToSkip);
As far as what the realFramesToSkip value should be, the Sun 1.5 and 1.6 VM versions of java.lang.System, there is a package protected method called getCallerClass() which calls sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(3), but in my helper utility class I used 4 since there is the added frame of the helper class invocation.

/**
* Get the method name for a depth in call stack. <br />
* Utility function
* #param depth depth in the call stack (0 means current method, 1 means call method, ...)
* #return method name
*/
public static String getMethodName(final int depth)
{
final StackTraceElement[] ste = new Throwable().getStackTrace();
//System. out.println(ste[ste.length-depth].getClassName()+"#"+ste[ste.length-depth].getMethodName());
return ste[ste.length - depth].getMethodName();
}
For example, if you try to get the calling method line for debug purpose, you need to get past the Utility class in which you code those static methods:
(old java1.4 code, just to illustrate a potential StackTraceElement usage)
/**
* Returns the first "[class#method(line)]: " of the first class not equal to "StackTraceUtils". <br />
* From the Stack Trace.
* #return "[class#method(line)]: " (never empty, first class past StackTraceUtils)
*/
public static String getClassMethodLine()
{
return getClassMethodLine(null);
}
/**
* Returns the first "[class#method(line)]: " of the first class not equal to "StackTraceUtils" and aclass. <br />
* Allows to get past a certain class.
* #param aclass class to get pass in the stack trace. If null, only try to get past StackTraceUtils.
* #return "[class#method(line)]: " (never empty, because if aclass is not found, returns first class past StackTraceUtils)
*/
public static String getClassMethodLine(final Class aclass)
{
final StackTraceElement st = getCallingStackTraceElement(aclass);
final String amsg = "[" + st.getClassName() + "#" + st.getMethodName() + "(" + st.getLineNumber()
+")] <" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + ">: ";
return amsg;
}
/**
* Returns the first stack trace element of the first class not equal to "StackTraceUtils" or "LogUtils" and aClass. <br />
* Stored in array of the callstack. <br />
* Allows to get past a certain class.
* #param aclass class to get pass in the stack trace. If null, only try to get past StackTraceUtils.
* #return stackTraceElement (never null, because if aClass is not found, returns first class past StackTraceUtils)
* #throws AssertionFailedException if resulting statckTrace is null (RuntimeException)
*/
public static StackTraceElement getCallingStackTraceElement(final Class aclass)
{
final Throwable t = new Throwable();
final StackTraceElement[] ste = t.getStackTrace();
int index = 1;
final int limit = ste.length;
StackTraceElement st = ste[index];
String className = st.getClassName();
boolean aclassfound = false;
if(aclass == null)
{
aclassfound = true;
}
StackTraceElement resst = null;
while(index < limit)
{
if(shouldExamine(className, aclass) == true)
{
if(resst == null)
{
resst = st;
}
if(aclassfound == true)
{
final StackTraceElement ast = onClassfound(aclass, className, st);
if(ast != null)
{
resst = ast;
break;
}
}
else
{
if(aclass != null && aclass.getName().equals(className) == true)
{
aclassfound = true;
}
}
}
index = index + 1;
st = ste[index];
className = st.getClassName();
}
if(resst == null)
{
//Assert.isNotNull(resst, "stack trace should null"); //NO OTHERWISE circular dependencies
throw new AssertionFailedException(StackTraceUtils.getClassMethodLine() + " null argument:" + "stack trace should null"); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
return resst;
}
static private boolean shouldExamine(String className, Class aclass)
{
final boolean res = StackTraceUtils.class.getName().equals(className) == false && (className.endsWith("LogUtils"
) == false || (aclass !=null && aclass.getName().endsWith("LogUtils")));
return res;
}
static private StackTraceElement onClassfound(Class aclass, String className, StackTraceElement st)
{
StackTraceElement resst = null;
if(aclass != null && aclass.getName().equals(className) == false)
{
resst = st;
}
if(aclass == null)
{
resst = st;
}
return resst;
}

I've done this before. You can just create a new exception and grab the stack trace on it without throwing it, then examine the stack trace. As the other answer says though, it's extremely costly--don't do it in a tight loop.
I've done it before for a logging utility on an app where performance didn't matter much (Performance rarely matters much at all, actually--as long as you display the result to an action such as a button click quickly).
It was before you could get the stack trace, exceptions just had .printStackTrace() so I had to redirect System.out to a stream of my own creation, then (new Exception()).printStackTrace(); Redirect System.out back and parse the stream. Fun stuff.

private void parseExceptionContents(
final Exception exception,
final OutputStream out)
{
final StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = exception.getStackTrace();
int index = 0;
for (StackTraceElement element : stackTrace)
{
final String exceptionMsg =
"Exception thrown from " + element.getMethodName()
+ " in class " + element.getClassName() + " [on line number "
+ element.getLineNumber() + " of file " + element.getFileName() + "]";
try
{
out.write((headerLine + newLine).getBytes());
out.write((headerTitlePortion + index++ + newLine).getBytes() );
out.write((headerLine + newLine).getBytes());
out.write((exceptionMsg + newLine + newLine).getBytes());
out.write(
("Exception.toString: " + element.toString() + newLine).getBytes());
}
catch (IOException ioEx)
{
System.err.println(
"IOException encountered while trying to write "
+ "StackTraceElement data to provided OutputStream.\n"
+ ioEx.getMessage() );
}
}
}

Here is a part of the code that I made based in the hints showed in this topic.
Hope it helps.
(Feel free to make any suggestions to improve this code, please tell me)
The counter:
public class InstanceCount{
private static Map<Integer, CounterInstanceLog> instanceMap = new HashMap<Integer, CounterInstanceLog>();
private CounterInstanceLog counterInstanceLog;
public void count() {
counterInstanceLog= new counterInstanceLog();
if(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode() != 0){
try {
if (instanceMap .containsKey(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode())) {
counterInstanceLog= instanceMap .get(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode());
}
counterInstanceLog.incrementCounter();
instanceMap .put(counterInstanceLog.getIdHashCode(), counterInstanceLog);
}
(...)
}
And the object:
public class CounterInstanceLog{
private int idHashCode;
private StackTraceElement[] arrayStackTraceElements;
private int instanceCount;
private String callerClassName;
private StackTraceElement getProjectClasses(int depth) {
if(depth< 10){
getCallerClassName(sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(depth).getName());
if(getCallerClassName().startsWith("com.yourproject.model")){
setStackTraceElements(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace());
setIdHashCode();
return arrayStackTraceElements[depth];
}
//+2 because one new item are added to the stackflow
return getProjectClasses(profundidade+2);
}else{
return null;
}
}
private void setIdHashCode() {
if(getNomeClasse() != null){
this.idHashCode = (getCallerClassName()).hashCode();
}
}
public void incrementaContador() {
this.instanceCount++;
}
//getters and setters
(...)
}

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
class DBConnection {
String createdBy = null;
DBConnection(Throwable whoCreatedMe) {
ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(os);
whoCreatedMe.printStackTrace(pw);
try {
createdBy = os.toString();
pw.close();
os.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public class ThrowableTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Throwable createdBy = new Throwable(
"Connection created from DBConnectionManager");
DBConnection conn = new DBConnection(createdBy);
System.out.println(conn.createdBy);
}
}
OR
public static interface ICallback<T> { T doOperation(); }
public class TestCallerOfMethod {
public static <T> T callTwo(final ICallback<T> c){
// Pass the object created at callee to the caller
// From the passed object we can get; what is the callee name like below.
System.out.println(c.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName());
return c.doOperation();
}
public static boolean callOne(){
ICallback callBackInstance = new ICallback(Boolean){
#Override
public Boolean doOperation()
{
return true;
}
};
return callTwo(callBackInstance);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
callOne();
}
}

use this method:-
StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
stackTraceElement e = stacktrace[2];//maybe this number needs to be corrected
System.out.println(e.getMethodName());
Caller of method example Code is here:-
public class TestString {
public static void main(String[] args) {
TestString testString = new TestString();
testString.doit1();
testString.doit2();
testString.doit3();
testString.doit4();
}
public void doit() {
StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
StackTraceElement e = stacktrace[2];//maybe this number needs to be corrected
System.out.println(e.getMethodName());
}
public void doit1() {
doit();
}
public void doit2() {
doit();
}
public void doit3() {
doit();
}
public void doit4() {
doit();
}
}

Short answer ReflectionUtils.getCallingClass(0)
Long answer (code, Groovy)
package my
import org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionUtils
import java.lang.reflect.Field
import java.lang.reflect.Method
trait Reflector {
static String[] fieldNames() {
List<String> names = []
Arrays.asList(naturalFields()).forEach { Field fl -> names.add(fl.name) }
return names.toArray() as String[]
}
static Field[] naturalFields() {
return finalClass().getDeclaredFields().findAll { Field fl -> !fl.synthetic }.collect()
}
static Method[] naturalMethods() {
return finalClass().getDeclaredMethods().findAll { Method md -> !md.synthetic }.collect()
}
static Class finalClass() {
return ReflectionUtils.getCallingClass(0)
}
}
class Demo implements Reflector {
int archived = 0
int demo = 100
static void playToo() {
println finalClass()
}
}
println Demo.finalClass() // class my.Demo
println Demo.naturalFields() // [private int my.Demo.archived, private int my.Demo.demo]
println Demo.fieldNames() // [archived, demo]