determine calling function, java file, linenumber

Thread.dumpStack() would print the entire thing to the console ... i'm looking for something that i can use programatically (e.g., if calling function == "some function" then do something) ..
thanks anywayz :)

Actually, dumpStack() can work, but you first need to redirect System.out to a stream object that you define, so that you can monitor what is printed there. Generally, your filter could just echo to the console, and when a flag is set, copy the stack dump to a vector for later processing. Something like:

class MyPrintStream extends PrintStream
{
    PrintStream copy = null;
    PrintStream out;

   public MyPrintStream(PrintStream out)
   {
      this.out = out;
   }

   //
   // use this as a model for as many of the PrintStream methods as you feel need to be filtered.
   //
   public void write(int b)
   {
      out.write(b);
      if (copy != null)
      {
         copy.write(b);
      }
   }

   public setCopy(PrintStream copy)
   {
      this.copy = copy;
   }
}

MyPrintStream mps = new MyPrintStream(System.out);
System.setOut(mps);

//
// when it is time to check the call stack
//
ByteArrayOutputStream boas = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
mps.setCopy(new PrintStream(boas));
new Exception().printStrackTrace();
mps.setCopy(nuill);

was thinking along similar lines ... but the idea is certainly "innovative" :)
thanks :D
muskad202

one thing .. how do I revert back to the standard output stream ?

You can revert to the standard output stream with:

System.setOut(mps.out);