Added in API level 1

StackTraceElement

public final class StackTraceElement
extends Object implements Serializable

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.StackTraceElement


An element in a stack trace, as returned by Throwable.getStackTrace(). Each element represents a single stack frame. All stack frames except for the one at the top of the stack represent a method invocation. The frame at the top of the stack represents the execution point at which the stack trace was generated. Typically, this is the point at which the throwable corresponding to the stack trace was created.

Summary

Public constructors

StackTraceElement(String declaringClass, String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber)

Creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution point.

Public methods

boolean equals(Object obj)

Returns true if the specified object is another StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance.

String getClassName()

Returns the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

String getFileName()

Returns the name of the source file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

int getLineNumber()

Returns the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

String getMethodName()

Returns the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this stack trace element.

boolean isNativeMethod()

Returns true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this stack trace element.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

StackTraceElement

Added in API level 1
public StackTraceElement (String declaringClass, 
                String methodName, 
                String fileName, 
                int lineNumber)

Creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution point.

Parameters
declaringClass String: the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element

methodName String: the name of the method containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element

fileName String: the name of the file containing the execution point represented by the stack trace element, or null if this information is unavailable

lineNumber int: the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, or a negative number if this information is unavailable. A value of -2 indicates that the method containing the execution point is a native method

Throws
NullPointerException if declaringClass or methodName is null

Public methods

equals

Added in API level 1
public boolean equals (Object obj)

Returns true if the specified object is another StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance. Two stack trace elements a and b are equal if and only if:

equals(a.getFileName(), b.getFileName()) &&
     a.getLineNumber() == b.getLineNumber()) &&
     equals(a.getClassName(), b.getClassName()) &&
     equals(a.getMethodName(), b.getMethodName())
 
where equals has the semantics of Objects.equals.

Parameters
obj Object: the object to be compared with this stack trace element.

Returns
boolean true if the specified object is another StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance.

getClassName

Added in API level 1
public String getClassName ()

Returns the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

Returns
String the fully qualified name of the Class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

getFileName

Added in API level 1
public String getFileName ()

Returns the name of the source file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. Generally, this corresponds to the SourceFile attribute of the relevant class file (as per The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Section 4.7.7). In some systems, the name may refer to some source code unit other than a file, such as an entry in source repository.

Returns
String the name of the file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, or null if this information is unavailable.

getLineNumber

Added in API level 1
public int getLineNumber ()

Returns the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. Generally, this is derived from the LineNumberTable attribute of the relevant class file (as per The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Section 4.7.8).

Returns
int the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, or a negative number if this information is unavailable.

getMethodName

Added in API level 1
public String getMethodName ()

Returns the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element. If the execution point is contained in an instance or class initializer, this method will return the appropriate special method name, <init> or <clinit>, as per Section 3.9 of The Java Virtual Machine Specification.

Returns
String the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.

hashCode

Added in API level 1
public int hashCode ()

Returns a hash code value for this stack trace element.

Returns
int a hash code value for this object.

isNativeMethod

Added in API level 1
public boolean isNativeMethod ()

Returns true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.

Returns
boolean true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.

toString

Added in API level 1
public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this stack trace element.

API Note:
  • The format of this string depends on the implementation, but the following examples may be regarded as typical:
    • "MyClass.mash(MyClass.java:9)" - Here, "MyClass" is the fully-qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element, "mash" is the name of the method containing the execution point, "MyClass.java" is the source file containing the execution point, and "9" is the line number of the source line containing the execution point.
    • "MyClass.mash(MyClass.java)" - As above, but the line number is unavailable.
    • "MyClass.mash(Unknown Source)" - As above, but neither the file name nor the line number are available.
    • "MyClass.mash(Native Method)" - As above, but neither the file name nor the line number are available, and the method containing the execution point is known to be a native method.

    The toString method may return two different values on two StackTraceElement instances that are equal, for example one created via the constructor, and one obtained from Throwable or StackWalker.StackFrame, where an implementation may choose to omit some element in the returned string.

Returns
String a string representation of the object.