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gonzobrains
gonzobrains

Reputation: 8036

How to get method name for debug output in Android/Java?

I would like to make a macro that prints out the current method's name during Log.d and Log.e output. Right now I simply type the method name within a hard-coded string, but this is obviously inefficient should the method name change in the future, as each string needs to be searched for and replaced.

I am aware of using getMethodName() as indicated in this post:

How to get method name in Java

This one also looks promising:

Debugging with helper extension method

There are countless numbers of these posts on SO, but I'd like to find the best way for debugging purposes that does not impact runtime performance too much. Since I am using Eclipse I would like to find a solution that works well with that IDE.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4453

Answers (2)

pskink
pskink

Reputation: 24720

this is a simple yet very useful eclipse plug-in i mentioned in the comment above: download plugin

its an incremental builder so typical build time is measured in fractions of seconds. add it to your .project file as a new builder <buildCommand> with name:

<name>org.pskink.logger.builder</name>

it should be the last builder in <buildSpec> list

installation: just copy it to plugins folder and restart eclipse

Upvotes: 0

Rich
Rich

Reputation: 36806

This is what I know of that is available to you for the current execution.

    Thread current = Thread.currentThread();
    StackTraceElement[] stack = current.getStackTrace();
    for(StackTraceElement element : stack)
    {
        if (!element.isNativeMethod()) {
            String className = element.getClassName();
            String fileName = element.getFileName();
            int lineNumber = element.getLineNumber();
            String methodName = element.getMethodName();
        }
    }

Upvotes: 4

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