CS 8392
OBJECT
ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING
VASANTHA KUMAR V, AP/CSE
StackTraceElement class in Java
• An element in a stack trace, as returned by
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.
• Throws: NullPointerException – if declaring Class or
methodName is null.
StackTraceElement class in Java
• This class describes single stack frame, which is an individual
element of a stack trace when an exception occur.
• 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 represent the execution point
of which the stack trace was generated.
• Each stack frame represents an execution point, which includes
such things as the name of the method, the name of file and
the source code line number.
• An array of StackTraceElement is returned by getStackTrace()
method of the Throwable class.
StackTraceElement class in Java
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.
Constructor
Creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution
point.
Syntax:
StackTraceElement(String declaringClass,
String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber)
Method – 1. boolean equals(ob)
boolean equals(ob): Returns try if the invoking
StackTraceElement is as the one passed in ob. Otherwise it
returns false.
Syntax: public boolean equals(ob)
Returns: true if the specified object is another
StackTraceElement instance representing the same
execution point as this instance.
Exception: NA
Method –1. boolean equals(ob)
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
StackTraceElement st1 = new StackTraceElement("foo", "fuction1", "StackTrace.java",
1);
StackTraceElement st2 = new StackTraceElement("bar",
"function2", "StackTrace.java", 1);
Object ob = st1.getFileName();
// checking whether file names are same or not
System.out.println(st2.getFileName().equals(ob));
}}
Method – 2 . String getClassName()
String getClassName(): Returns the class name of the execution
point described by the invoking StackTraceElement.
Syntax: public String getClassName().
Returns: the fully qualified name of the Class
containing the execution point represented by this stack
trace element.
Exception: NA.
Method – 2 . String getClassName()
// Java code illustrating getClassName() method.
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
System.out.println("Class name of each thread involved:");
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
{
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
getClassName());
}
}
}
Method – 3 . String getFileName()
String getFileName(): Returns the file name of the execution
point described by the invoking StackTraceElement.
Syntax: public String getFileName().
Returns: the name of the file containing
the execution point represented by this stack trace
element,or null if this information is unavailable.
Exception: NA.
Method – 3 . String getFileName()
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
System.out.println("file name: ");
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
getFileName());
}
}
Method – 4 . int getLineNumber()
int getLineNumber():Returns the source-code line number of
the execution point described by the invoking StackTraceElement.
In some situation the line number will not be available, in which case
a negative value is returned.
Syntax: public int getLineNumber().
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.
Exception: NA.
Method – 4 . int getLineNumber()
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
System.out.println("line number: ");
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
getLineNumber());
}
}
Method – 5 . String getMethodName()
String getMethodName(): Returns the method name of the
execution point described by the invoking StackTraceElement.
Syntax: public String getMethodName().
Returns: the name of the method containing the
execution point represented by this stack trace element.
Exception: NA.
Method – 5 . String getMethodName()
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
System.out.println("method name: ");
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
getMethodName());
}
}
Method – 6 . int hashCode()
String getMethodName(): Returns the method name of the
execution point described by the invoking StackTraceElement.
Syntax: public String getMethodName().
Returns: the name of the method containing the
execution point represented by this stack trace element.
Exception: NA.
Method – 6 . int hashCode()
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
System.out.println("hash code: ");
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
hashCode());
}
}
Method – 7 . boolean isNativeMethod()
Boolean isNativeMethod(): Returns true if the
invoking StackTraceElement describes a native method.
Otherwise returns false.
Syntax: public boolean isNativeMethod().
Returns: true if the method containing the execution
point represented by this stack trace element is a
native method.
Exception: NA.
Method – 7 . boolean isNativeMethod()
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
isNativeMethod());
}
}
Method – 8 . String toString()
String toString(): Returns the String equivalent of the invoking
sequence
Syntax: public String toString().
Returns: a string representation of the object.
Exception: NA.
Method – 8 . String toString()
public class StackTraceElementDemo
{
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
System.out.println("String equivlaent: ");
for(int i = 0; i<2; i++)
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[i].
toString());
}
}
Sr.No Method & Description
1 boolean equals(Object obj)This method returns true if the specified object is another
StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance.
2 String getClassName()This method returns the fully qualified name of the class
containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.
3 String getFileName()This method returns the name of the source file containing the
execution point represented by this stack trace element.
4 int getLineNumber()This method returns the line number of the source line containing
the execution point represented by this stack trace element.
5 String getMethodName()This method returns the name of the method containing the
execution point represented by this stack trace element.
6 int hashCode()This method returns a hash code value for this stack trace element.
7 boolean isNativeMethod()This method returns true if the method containing the
execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.
8 String toString()This method returns a string representation of this stack trace
element.
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