Display which method called the method (gives you a headache doesn't it)

Question

Hi,
This question might sound a little weird, so maybe read it twice:
I would like to see which method called the method.
public void test1()
   test2();
public void test2()
   System.out.println(....);
The program output should be, test1 or classname.test1 or something like that. Is that possible?
Thanx in advance, Yvo van Beek

Answer 1

This should give you an idea:   public static void main (String args[]) {
      wereAreWe();
      caller2();
    public static void wereAreWe() {
      try {
        throw new RuntimeException("here we are");
      catch (Exception ex) {
        System.out.println("");       
        ex.printStackTrace(System.out);
    public static void caller1() {
      wereAreWe();
    public static void caller2() {
      caller1();
    }You can parse the result of printStackTrace() to get a more precise output.