// exceptions/WhoCalled.java
// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.
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// Programmatic access to stack trace information

public class WhoCalled {
 static void f() {
 // Generate an exception to fill in the stack trace
 try {
 throw new Exception();
 } catch(Exception e) {
 for(StackTraceElement ste : e.getStackTrace())
 System.out.println(ste.getMethodName());
 }
 }
 static void g() { f(); }
 static void h() { g(); }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 f();
 System.out.println("*******");
 g();
 System.out.println("*******");
 h();
 }
}
/* Output:
f
main
*******
f
g
main
*******
f
g
h
main
*/