public final class

StackTraceElement

extends Object
implements Serializable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.StackTraceElement

Class Overview

An element in a stack trace, as returned by 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.

Summary

Public Constructors
StackTraceElement(String declaringClass, String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber)
Creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution point.
Public Methods
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.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public StackTraceElement (String declaringClass, String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber)

Creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution point.

Parameters
declaringClass the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element
methodName the name of the method containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element
fileName the name of the file containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element, or null if this information is unavailable
lineNumber 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 method
Throws
NullPointerException if declaringClass or methodName is null

Public Methods

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Returns true if the specified object is another 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 is defined as:
     static boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
         return a==b || (a != null && a.equals(b));
     }
 

Parameters
obj the object to be compared with this stack trace element.
Returns
  • true if the specified object is another StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance.

public String getClassName ()

Returns the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

Returns
  • the fully qualified name of the Class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

public String getFileName ()

Returns the name of the source file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. Generally, this corresponds to the 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.

Returns
  • the name of the file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, or null if this information is unavailable.

public int getLineNumber ()

Returns the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. Generally, this is derived from the LineNumberTable attribute of the relevant class file (as per The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Section 4.7.8).

Returns
  • 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.

public String getMethodName ()

Returns the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. If the execution point is contained in an instance or class initializer, this method will return the appropriate special method name, <init> or <clinit>, as per Section 3.9 of The Java Virtual Machine Specification.

Returns
  • the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

public int hashCode ()

Returns a hash code value for this stack trace element.

Returns
  • a hash code value for this object.

public boolean isNativeMethod ()

Returns true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.

Returns
  • true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this stack trace element. The format of this string depends on the implementation, but the following examples may be regarded as typical:

  • "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.

Returns
  • a string representation of the object.