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Alexander Farber
Alexander Farber

Reputation: 22988

java: find program name, parse integer argument

A simple test case to demonstrate my 2 problems:

public class Numbers {

    private static void usage() {
        System.err.println("Usage: java " + getClass().getName() + " range");
        System.exit(1);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        try {
            int range = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            usage();
        }
    }
}
  1. Can't call getClass() from a static method
  2. If no arguments have been supplied at the command line, I'll get ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException message instead of the usage() output. Why doesn't catch (Exception e) catch it?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3573

Answers (7)

Kowser
Kowser

Reputation: 8261

You can't use getClass() method without an reference object.

Try this

System.err.println("Usage: java " + Numbers.class.getName() + " range");

It is not possible to use member variable/method without object reference from a static method.

int range = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);

Above will return ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException, not IOException.

So your code won't compile.

Upvotes: 1

crowne
crowne

Reputation: 8534

Works for me, exception is caught.

Getting the class name from a static method without referencing the Numbers.class.getName() is difficult.

But I found this 

String className = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2].getClassName(); 
System.err.println("Usage: java " + className + " range");

Upvotes: 3

George
George

Reputation: 1466

To get the class you can do 1 of two things:

Class cl = null;
try
{
    cl = Class.forName("Numbers");
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException ex)
{
}

or:

Numbers n = new Numbers();
Class cl = n.getClass();

The first is obviously better because you don't waste memory allocating. Though if you're just planning on returning right away, then this probably doesn't matter much in this case.

Upvotes: 0

andyb
andyb

Reputation: 43823

If you create a new instance of Numbers you can call getClass() on that.

(new Numbers()).getClass().getName()

and as @Petar Ivanov has already said, the Exception is caught as expected.

Upvotes: 0

Ray Toal
Ray Toal

Reputation: 88378

Your first question can be answered by looking at this question: Getting the class name from a static method in Java.

Upvotes: 1

brabster
brabster

Reputation: 43560

How about this in your static method to get the class name: get the name of the class at the top of the current stack trace.

StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements= new Exception().getStackTrace();
String className = stackTraceElements[0].getClassName();

Upvotes: 1

Petar Ivanov
Petar Ivanov

Reputation: 93030

1) getClass is a method on the Object type. In static methods there is no object to call the getClass on

2) The exception is caught in your example - I just tested it.

Upvotes: 6

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