Smarter println that shows the depth in the stack
- by Hectoret
I am using System.out.println in my code to track the execution of a program and get some useful output. This creates results like this in the console:
Main function. Program starts.
Method getArea. Getting values
Method getSide. Side is 6
Method getArea. First value is 6
Method getSide. Side is 8
Method getArea. Second value is 8
Method getArea. Area is 48
Main function. The final area is 48
I would like to create tha method, which adds a space in front of the output every time the code goes deeper in the method call stack. For example, the same code but instead of using System.out.println, now with Misc.smartPrintln:
Main function. Program starts.
Method getArea. Getting values
Method getSide. Side is 6
Method getArea. First value is 6
Method getSide. Side is 8
Method getArea. Second value is 8
Method getArea. Area is 48
Main function. The final area is 48
The method would have this definition:
public static void smartPrintln(String string);
I don't know how to implement this functionality. Any ideas how to solve this? And, could the use of a logger offer this functionality?
