如何使用静态方法（而不是异常）获取类的名称

Question

I have to write a method which can be called in any class to get the name of the class which is calling the method. The return type should be Class , so I can use it for another method. So that is what I have right now, but I think its not a clean code. Maybe there is way to use

public class Vlogger{
    public static Class getInstance() throws ClassNotFoundException {
       String className =new Exception().getStackTrace()[1].getClassName();
       return Class.forName(className);
    }
}

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is no clean code for this task yet.

Be prepared to replace it, when Java 9 has been released:

public class Vlogger{
    public static Class getInstance() {
       return StackWalker.getInstance(StackWalker.Option.RETAIN_CLASS_REFERENCE)
                         .getCallerClass();
    }
}