I’m using the following helper class to find which method called the current method (at runtime.)
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
public class TraceHelper {
private volatile static Method m;
private static Throwable t;
public TraceHelper() {
try {
m = Throwable.class.getDeclaredMethod("getStackTraceElement", int.class);
AccessController.doPrivileged(
new PrivilegedAction() {
public Object run() {
m.setAccessible(true);
return null;
}
}
);
t = new Throwable();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public String getMethodName(final int depth, boolean useNew) {
return getMethod(depth, t != null && !useNew ? t : new Throwable());
}
public String getMethod(final int depth, Throwable t) {
try {
StackTraceElement element = (StackTraceElement) m.invoke(t, depth + 1);
return element.getClassName() + "$" + element.getMethodName();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
}
Then I use the following code inside my aspect to get the name of the method which called my current (executing) method.
String previousMethodName = new TraceHelper().getMethodName(2, false);
