Find the Class Name in a static method

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to find the class name inside the static main method. I want to write one main method that loads an instance of the class. Other folks have suggested tricks with the security manager or creating an Exception to look at the stack trace, but these methods don�t reflect the inheritance. I want SUBCLASSES to be able to run from the command line using the inherited main method.
public static void main(String args[]){
      JPanel thisJPanel = (JPanel) Class.forName(????).newInstance();
}Any Ideas

Answer 1

I want
SUBCLASSES to be able to run from the command line
using the inherited main method.Someone pointed this out already but more directly, static methods are not inherited.
The behavior you desire ca be achieved using the Factory pattern.
The idea of being able to subclass an application is a little bizarre. Why don't you just do something like this:
public static void main(String[] args){
    // check that there is at least one parameter 
    JPanel thisJPanel = (JPanel) Class.forName(args[0]).newInstance();
}