Getting the name of a sub-class from within a super-class

Question

Let\'s say I have a base class named Entity. In that class, I have a static method to retrieve the class name:

class Entity {
    public static         


        

Answer 1

Your question is ambiguous but as far as I can tell you want to know the current class from a static method. The fact that classes inherit from each other is irrelevant but for the sake of the discussion I implemented it this way as well.

class Parent {
    public static void printClass() {
      System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2].getClassName());
    }
}

public class Test extends Parent {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      printClass();
    }
}