Getting the name of the currently executing method

Question

Is there a way to get the name of the currently executing method in Java?

Answer 1

I rewritten a little the maklemenz's answer:

private static Method m;

static {
    try {
        m = Throwable.class.getDeclaredMethod(
            "getStackTraceElement",
            int.class
        );
    }
    catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
        throw new NoSuchMethodUncheckedException(e);
    }
    catch (final SecurityException e) {
        throw new SecurityUncheckedException(e);
    }
}


public static String getMethodName(int depth) {
    StackTraceElement element;

    final boolean accessible = m.isAccessible();
    m.setAccessible(true);

    try {
        element = (StackTraceElement) m.invoke(new Throwable(), 1 + depth);
    }
    catch (final IllegalAccessException e) {
        throw new IllegalAccessUncheckedException(e);
    }
    catch (final InvocationTargetException e) {
        throw new InvocationTargetUncheckedException(e);
    }
    finally {
        m.setAccessible(accessible);
    }

    return element.getMethodName();
}

public static String getMethodName() {
    return getMethodName(1);
}