Java : Getting the currently executing Method corresponding object

Question

What is the most elegant way to get the currently executing method as a Method object ?

My first obvious way to do it would be to use a static method in a helper class, which would load the current thread stack, get the right stack trace element, and construct the Method element from its information.

Is there a more elegant way to achieve this?

Answer 1

This topic is covered in deeper depth in this SO Question.

I need to do the same thing and I found the best solution to be the one provided by @alexsmail.

It seems a little bit hacky but the general idea is that you declare a local class in the method and then take advantage of class.getEnclosingMethod();

Code slightly modified from @alexsmail's solution:

public class SomeClass {
   public void foo(){
      class Local {};
      Method m = Local.class.getEnclosingMethod();
   }
 }