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Hi Experts
In Perl it is possible to determine the caller. Is there an equivalent
function in Java? Approximately, this is what I want to do

class A {

function f () {
if (caller is B) do B stuff;
if (caller is C) do C stuff;
}
class B extends A{}
class C extends A{}



Thanks for your help.

schreef:
> Hi Experts
> In Perl it is possible to determine the caller. Is there an equivalent
> function in Java? Approximately, this is what I want to do
>
> class A {
>
> function f () {
> if (caller is B) do B stuff;
> if (caller is C) do C stuff;
> }
> class B extends A{}
> class C extends A{}

You obviously didn´t get the idea of polymorphism.

abstract class A {
function f ();
}

class B extends A{
function f (){
do B stuff;
}
}

class C extends A{
function f (){
do C stuff;
}
}

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wrote:
> Hi Experts
> In Perl it is possible to determine the caller. Is there an equivalent
> function in Java? Approximately, this is what I want to do
>
> class A {
>
> function f () {
> if (caller is B) do B stuff;
> if (caller is C) do C stuff;
> }
> class B extends A{}
> class C extends A{}
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help.

There are several solutions depending on what you need:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....d8c5be4024e398


Kind regards

robert

<> wrote:
> In Perl it is possible to determine the caller. Is there an equivalent
> function in Java? Approximately, this is what I want to do
>
> class A {
>
> function f () {
> if (caller is B) do B stuff;
> if (caller is C) do C stuff;
> }
> class B extends A{}
> class C extends A{}

First of all, the need to do this is symptomatic of extremely serious
design problems. You should think hard before relying on something like
this.

That said, yes you can do it:

StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = new Throwable().getStackTrace();
assert stackTrace.length >= 2 : "Can't determine calling context";

String callerClassName = stackTrace[1].getClassName();
if (callerClassName.equals("my.package.B")) ...;

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