java: printing current backtrace

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is there a way to add a command in Java to add the current backtrace ?

I'm writing a red5 application and the appDisconnect function is being called twice. whenever a user changes room. I want to add a function at the beginning of the appDisconnect function that shows the current backtrace and then I can see what called it.

thanks

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '11 at 12:02

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You can output the stack trace to the current line like this:

new Exception().printStackTrace();

Or if you need programmattic acces the the stacktrace elements you can use

Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()

answered Feb 22 '11 at 12:02

Jörn Horstmann

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Thread.dumpStack() is also an equivalent of "new Exception.printStackTrace()". – M. Jessup Feb 22 '11 at 13:52

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '11 at 12:01

The only way I know of is to look at:

StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();

Although this sounds more like a logging issue than actually observing the call trace. You could also try to setup debug execution in your IDE and add a few well placed breakpoints.

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