How to find method name from within that method in Java? [duplicate]

Question

I was wondering if there is a way to know the method name being executed at run time?

For instance, inside a private void doSomething (String s) method, I'd like to know that I am executing the doSomething (String s) method.

Answer 1

Since JDK1.5, you don't need an Exception to get the StackTrace,
you can get it with Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace():

   public class Test2 {      public static void main(String args[]) {         new Test2().doit();      }      public void doit() {         System.out.println(            Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName()); // output : doit      }    } 

Answer 2

System.out.println(new Exception().getStackTrace()[0].getMethodName()); 

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