How to get the "main" class?

[David Holmes]

Hi Eric,

On 14/03/2012 3:49 AM, Eric Caspole wrote:
> Is there a way via JVMTI or system property or anything to get the
> "main" class name of a Java application? We could use this to report the
> app name in a nicer way, rather than concatenating the whole java
> command line, for example.

Not that I can think of. The very existence of a main class is a 
function of the launcher not the VM. It is the launcher that creates the 
VM, loads the main class and then executes main(). The VM plays no 
direct role.

David Holmes

> Thanks,
> Eric
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