// exceptions/WhoCalled.java

// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt

// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.

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// Programmatic access to stack trace information

public class WhoCalled {

static void f() {

// Generate an exception to fill in the stack trace

try {

throw new Exception();

} catch(Exception e) {

for(StackTraceElement ste : e.getStackTrace())

System.out.println(ste.getMethodName());

}

}

static void g() { f(); }

static void h() { g(); }

public static void main(String[] args) {

f();

System.out.println("*******");

g();

System.out.println("*******");

h();

}

}

/* Output:

f

main

*******

f

g

main

*******

f

g

h

main

*/