public final class StackTraceElement extends Object implements Serializable
Throwable.getStackTrace()
. Each element represents a single stack frame. All stack frames except for the one at the top of the stack represent a method invocation. The frame at the top of the stack represents the execution point at which the stack trace was generated. Typically, this is the point at which the throwable corresponding to the stack trace was created.Constructor | Description |
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StackTraceElement(String declaringClass, String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber) | Creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution point. |
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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boolean | equals(Object obj) | Returns true if the specified object is another StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance. |
String | getClassName() | Returns the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. |
String | getFileName() | Returns the name of the source file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. |
int | getLineNumber() | Returns the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. |
String | getMethodName() | Returns the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. |
int | hashCode() | Returns a hash code value for this stack trace element. |
boolean | isNativeMethod() | Returns true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method. |
String | toString() | Returns a string representation of this stack trace element. |
public StackTraceElement(String declaringClass, String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber)
declaringClass
- the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by the stack trace elementmethodName
- the name of the method containing the execution point represented by the stack trace elementfileName
- the name of the file containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element, or null
if this information is unavailablelineNumber
- the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, or a negative number if this information is unavailable. A value of -2 indicates that the method containing the execution point is a native methodNullPointerException
- if declaringClass
or methodName
is nullpublic String getFileName()
SourceFile
attribute of the relevant class
file (as per The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Section 4.7.7). In some systems, the name may refer to some source code unit other than a file, such as an entry in source repository.null
if this information is unavailable.public int getLineNumber()
LineNumberTable
attribute of the relevant class
file (as per The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Section 4.7.8).public String getClassName()
Class
containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.public String getMethodName()
<init>
or <clinit>
, as per Section 3.9 of The Java Virtual Machine Specification.public boolean isNativeMethod()
true
if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.public String toString()
"MyClass.mash(MyClass.java:9)"
- Here, "MyClass"
is the fully-qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, "mash"
is the name of the method containing the execution point, "MyClass.java"
is the source file containing the execution point, and "9"
is the line number of the source line containing the execution point. "MyClass.mash(MyClass.java)"
- As above, but the line number is unavailable. "MyClass.mash(Unknown Source)"
- As above, but neither the file name nor the line number are available. "MyClass.mash(Native Method)"
- As above, but neither the file name nor the line number are available, and the method containing the execution point is known to be a native method. toString
in class Object
Throwable.printStackTrace()
public boolean equals(Object obj)
StackTraceElement
instance representing the same execution point as this instance. Two stack trace elements a
and b
are equal if and only if: equals(a.getFileName(), b.getFileName()) && a.getLineNumber() == b.getLineNumber()) && equals(a.getClassName(), b.getClassName()) && equals(a.getMethodName(), b.getMethodName())
where equals
has the semantics of Objects.equals
.equals
in class Object
obj
- the object to be compared with this stack trace element.StackTraceElement
instance representing the same execution point as this instance.Object.hashCode()
, HashMap
public int hashCode()
hashCode
in class Object
Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
, System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
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