Class StackLocator
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- org.apache.logging.log4j.util.StackLocator
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public final class StackLocator extends Object
Consider this class private. Provides various methods to determine the caller class.Background
This method, available only in the Oracle/Sun/OpenJDK implementations of the Java Virtual Machine, is a much more efficient mechanism for determining the
Class
of the caller of a particular method. When it is not available, aSecurityManager
is the second-best option. When this is also not possible, theStackTraceElement[]
returned byThrowable.getStackTrace()
must be used, and itsString
class name converted to aClass
using the slowClass.forName(java.lang.String)
(which can add an extra microsecond or more for each invocation depending on the runtime ClassLoader hierarchy).During Java 8 development, the
sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(int)
was removed from OpenJDK, and this change was back-ported to Java 7 in version 1.7.0_25 which changed the behavior of the call and caused it to be off by one stack frame. This turned out to be beneficial for the survival of this API as the change broke hundreds of libraries and frameworks relying on the API which brought much more attention to the intended API removal.After much community backlash, the JDK team agreed to restore
getCallerClass(int)
and keep its existing behavior for the rest of Java 7. However, the method is deprecated in Java 8, and current Java 9 development has not addressed this API. Therefore, the functionality of this class cannot be relied upon for all future versions of Java. It does, however, work just fine in Sun JDK 1.6, OpenJDK 1.6, Oracle/OpenJDK 1.7, and Oracle/OpenJDK 1.8. Other Java environments may fall back to usingThrowable.getStackTrace()
which is significantly slower due to examination of every virtual frame of execution.
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description StackTraceElement
calcLocation(String fqcnOfLogger)
Class<?>
getCallerClass(int depth)
Class<?>
getCallerClass(Class<?> anchor)
Class<?>
getCallerClass(String fqcn, String pkg)
Stack<Class<?>>
getCurrentStackTrace()
static StackLocator
getInstance()
StackTraceElement
getStackTraceElement(int depth)
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Method Detail
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getInstance
public static StackLocator getInstance()
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getCallerClass
public Class<?> getCallerClass(int depth)
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calcLocation
public StackTraceElement calcLocation(String fqcnOfLogger)
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getStackTraceElement
public StackTraceElement getStackTraceElement(int depth)
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