In my oppinion is a very bad software design to use Exceptions for
normal operation...such as this.

I would go for new MyObject().getClass().getName();

sergiodegioia@(protected):

> 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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