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Re: Where am I?

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Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote in 
news:tmac97tlq14j1tk7tfmule337v9sc6q1rh@4ax.com:

> It would be nice for debugging to include the line number of where the
> code is when printing out the error message.  Is there a simple way to
> get it, or do you need to create a Throwable then analyse the
> stacktrace?

I don't know an easy way.  I have a utility class with this method:

    public static String getCallerLineNumber() {
        StackTraceElement [] stArray = new Throwable().getStackTrace() ;
        StackTraceElement st ;
        if ((null!=stArray)&&(stArray.length>1)&&(null!=stArray[1])) {
            st = stArray[1] ;
        } else {
            st = UNAVAILABLE ;
        }
        return String.valueOf(st.getLineNumber()) ;
    }

where I have defined:

    private static final StackTraceElement UNAVAILABLE = 
        new StackTraceElement(
            "unavailable", "unavailable", "unavailable", -1) ;

Notes:
1) The "if" statement may be excessive (especially null!=stArray ) but is 
intended to deal with
the documented possibility that the stack trace is incomplete.

2) "Line number" is a hazy concept where optimization and JIT compiling is 
taking place.

3) This could be optimized, but it is intended for clarity and not for speed.

Good Luck!

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