$0 (Program Name) in Java? Discover main class?

Question

Is there a way to find the name of the program that is running in Java? The class of the main method would be good enough.

Answer 1

Or you could just use getClass(). You can do something like:

public class Foo
{
    public static final String PROGNAME = new Foo().getClass().getName();
}

And then PROGNAME will be available anywhere inside Foo. If you're not in a static context, it gets easier as you could use this:

String myProgramName = this.getClass().getName();