Displaying name of class that contains main

[Pete Hitchman]

Hi,
I am writing a java application and I am checking the number of arguments passed on the
command line and if this fails printing out a
usage message. I would like the usage message
to include the name of the class that contains
the main method. How do I access this information?

[Rene Larsen]

Try this

public class TestClass {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.out.println(TestClass.class.getName());
   }
}

Rene

[Cindy Glass]

If you are WRITING the app . . .

public static void main(String args[]){
   String thisClass = "ClassNameThatContainsMain";
   //do your argument stuff
   //print out informational message using variable thisClass
}

(I must be missing something here . . . )

[Rene Larsen]

or if you want to get the Class name from a method other then a static one:

public class TestClass {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      new TestClass().test();
   }
   public void test() {
      System.out.println(this.getClass().getName());
   }
}

Rene

[Pete Hitchman]

Thanks people.