nameof equivalent in Java

Question

C# 6.0 introduced the nameof() operator, that returns a string representing the name of any class / function / method / local-variable / property identifier put

Answer 1

You can't.

You can get a Method or Field using reflection, but you'd have to hardcode the method name as a String, which eliminates the whole purpose.

The concept of properties is not built into java like it is in C#. Getters and setters are just regular methods. You cannot even reference a method as easily as you do in your question. You could try around with reflection to get a handle to a getter method and then cut off the get to get the name of the "property" it resembles, but that's ugly and not the same.

As for local variables, it's not possible at all.