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>"));
    }
}


> sergiodegioia@(protected):
>
> >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
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