How do I find the caller of a method using stacktrace or reflection?

Question

I need to find the caller of a method. Is it possible using stacktrace or reflection?

Answer 1

private void parseExceptionContents(
      final Exception exception,
      final OutputStream out)
   {
      final StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = exception.getStackTrace();
      int index = 0;
      for (StackTraceElement element : stackTrace)
      {
         final String exceptionMsg =
              "Exception thrown from " + element.getMethodName()
            + " in class " + element.getClassName() + " [on line number "
            + element.getLineNumber() + " of file " + element.getFileName() + "]";
         try
         {
            out.write((headerLine + newLine).getBytes());
            out.write((headerTitlePortion + index++ + newLine).getBytes() );
            out.write((headerLine + newLine).getBytes());
            out.write((exceptionMsg + newLine + newLine).getBytes());
            out.write(
               ("Exception.toString: " + element.toString() + newLine).getBytes());
         }
         catch (IOException ioEx)
         {
            System.err.println(
                 "IOException encountered while trying to write "
               + "StackTraceElement data to provided OutputStream.\n"
               + ioEx.getMessage() );
         }
      }
   }