How can I get the current stack trace in Java?

How do I get the current stack trace in Java, like how in .NET you can do Environment.StackTrace?

I found Thread.dumpStack() but it is not what I want - I want to get the stack trace back, not print it out.

Solution 1:

You can use Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace().

That returns an array of StackTraceElements that represent the current stack trace of a program.

Solution 2:

Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();

is fine if you don't care what the first element of the stack is.

new Throwable().getStackTrace();

will have a defined position for your current method, if that matters.

Solution 3:

for (StackTraceElement ste : Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()) {
    System.out.println(ste);
}