从注释中就可以看出实现思路。过程和Log4J异曲同工。只是免去了解析字符串的麻烦。

　　四、Log4J 1.3 alpha的相关实现

　　既然JDK1.4中引入了StackTraceElement类，Log4J也要与时俱进。LocationInfo类也有了相应的变化。

　　/**
Instantiate location information based on a Throwable. We
expect the Throwable t, to be in the format
java.lang.Throwable
...
at org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout.format(PatternLayout.java:413)
at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.doAppend(FileAppender.java:183)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:131)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:512)
at callers.fully.qualified.className.methodName(FileName.java:74)
...
However, we can also deal with JIT compilers that "lose" the
location information, especially between the parentheses.
*/
public LocationInfo(Throwable t, String fqnOfInvokingClass) {
if(PlatformInfo.hasStackTraceElement()) {
StackTraceElementExtractor.extract(this, t, fqnOfInvokingClass);
} else {
LegacyExtractor.extract(this, t, fqnOfInvokingClass);
}
}

 可以看到，Log4J首先判断Java平台是否支持StackTraceElement，如果是，那么用StackTraceElementExtractor，否则使用原来的LegacyExtractor。

　　下面来看StackTraceElementExtractor.java

　/**
* A faster extractor based on StackTraceElements introduced in JDK 1.4.
*
* The present code uses reflection. Thus, it should compile on all platforms.
*
* @author Martin Schulz
* @author Ceki Gülcü
*
*/
public class StackTraceElementExtractor {
protected static boolean haveStackTraceElement = false;
private static Method getStackTrace = null;
private static Method getClassName = null;
private static Method getFileName = null;
private static Method getMethodName = null;
private static Method getLineNumber = null;
…. // 以下代码省略

　　可以看到，Log4J 1.3仍然兼容JDK1.3，而且为JDK1.4也做了相应的优化。

　　五、JDK1.5的Thread Stack Trace

　　JDK1.5在Thread类里面引入了getStackTrace()和getAllStackTraces()两个方法。这下子，我们不用 (new Throwable()).getStackTrace ();可以调用

 Thread.getCurrentThread().getStackTrace()来获得当前线程的运行栈信息。不仅如此，只要权限允许，还可以获得其它线程的运行栈信息。

　　/**
* Returns an array of stack trace elements representing the stack dump
* of this thread. This method will return a zero-length array if
* this thread has not started or has terminated.
* If the returned array is of non-zero length then the first element of
* the array represents the top of the stack, which is the most recent
* method invocation in the sequence. The last element of the array
* represents the bottom of the stack, which is the least recent method
* invocation in the sequence.
*
*
If there is a security manager, and this thread is not
* the current thread, then the security managers
* checkPermissionmethod is called with a
* RuntimePermission("getStackTrace")permission
* to see if its ok to get the stack trace.
*
*
Some virtual machines may, under some circumstances, omit one
* or more stack frames from the stack trace. In the extreme case,
* a virtual machine that has no stack trace information concerning
* this thread is permitted to return a zero-length array from this
* method.
*
* @return an array of StackTraceElement,
* each represents one stack frame.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace() {
if (this != Thread.currentThread()) {
// check for getStackTrace permission
SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
if (security != null) {
security.checkPermission(
SecurityConstants.GET_STACK_TRACE_PERMISSION);
}
}
if (!isAlive()) {
return EMPTY_STACK_TRACE;
}
Thread[] threads = new Thread[1];
threads[0] = this;
StackTraceElement[][] result = dumpThreads(threads);
return result[0];
}
/**
* Returns a map of stack traces for all live threads.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public static Map getAllStackTraces() {
// check for getStackTrace permission
// Get a snapshot of the list of all threads
}

　　六、总结

 从总的发展趋势来看，JDK不仅提供越来越多、越来越强的功能，而且暴露给用户的控制方法越来越多，越来越强大。