Java.lang.StackTraceElement Class

Introduction

The java.lang.StackTraceElement class element represents a single stack frame. All stack frames except for the one at the top of the stack represent a method invocation. The frame at the top of the stack represents the execution point at which the stack trace was generated.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.StackTraceElement class:

public final class StackTraceElement
   extends Object
      implements Serializable

Class constructors

S.N.	Constructor & Description
1	StackTraceElement(String declaringClass, String methodName, String fileName, int lineNumber) This creates a stack trace element representing the specified execution point.

Class methods

S.N.	Method & Description
1	boolean equals(Object obj) This method returns true if the specified object is another StackTraceElement instance representing the same execution point as this instance.
2	String getClassName() This method returns the fully qualified name of the class containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.
3	String getFileName() This method returns the name of the source file containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.
4	int getLineNumber() This method returns the line number of the source line containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.
5	String getMethodName() This method returns the name of the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element.
6	int hashCode() This method returns a hash code value for this stack trace element.
7	boolean isNativeMethod() This method returns true if the method containing the execution point represented by this stack trace element is a native method.
8	String toString() This method returns a string representation of this stack trace element.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes:

• java.lang.Object