Get the current running method name


public class Main {
 public static void main(String args[]) {
   anotherLayout();
 }
 public static void anotherLayout(){
   new Main().doit();
 }
 public void doit() {
    System.out.println(
       Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[3].getMethodName());
 }
}

Get the class name in a static method


public class Main{

  public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) {
    System.out.println("in " + new CurrentClassGetter().getClassName() + " class");
  }
}

 class CurrentClassGetter extends SecurityManager {
  public String getClassName() {
    return getClassContext()[1].getName();
  }
}

public class Main{
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      System.out.println(new Exception().getStackTrace()[0].getMethodName());
    }
}
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Reflection Method:
  1. Convert method to property name
  2. Find a Method on the supplied class with the supplied name and no parameters
  3. Find a Method on the supplied class with the supplied name and parameter types
  4. Get all methods from a class
  5. Get constructor and its parameters and call constructor with parameter
  6. Get method by parameter type
  7. Get all declared methods from a class, not inherited
  8. Get specific method by its name and parameters
  9. Get Static Method
  10. Get the current running method name
  11. Invoke a method with Reflection
  12. Invoke a method on an object with parameters
  13. Invoke a method with 2 arguments
  14. Invoke private method
  15. Method modifiers: isSynthetic(), isVarArgs(), isBridge()
  16. Method return type, parameter's type
  17. Method signature
  18. Modifier public, private, protected, static, final, abstract
  19. Modifier checker checks all possible modifiers for a method
  20. Sort methods according to their name, number of parameters, and parameter types.