tnx a lot for the insight! You solved me a refactoring problem in a project with 3000 classes Only that I'm using the JDK 1.3.2, so I have a bit of more work than this.
package unknown; import java.io.StringWriter; import java.io.PrintWriter; class WhoAmI{ private static String className; static{ StringWriter stackTrace = new StringWriter(); new Exception().printStackTrace( new PrintWriter( stackTrace)); className = stackTrace.toString(); className = className.substring( className.indexOf("at ") + "at ".length()); className = className.substring( 0, className.indexOf(".<clinit>")); } } > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >How can a class discover in a static context what fully qualified name is its own? > > > >package unknown; > >class WhoAmI{ > >private static final className = ...????; > >} > > > >I can't use, of course, this.getClass().getName(). > > > > > What about 'String myName = new > Exception().getStackTrace()[0].getClassName();'? > > -mw > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html