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1. $0 (Program Name) in Java? Discover main class?    stackoverflow.com

Is there a way to find the name of the program that is running in Java? The class of the main method would be good enough.

2. "$0 (Program Name) in Java? Discover main class?" again    stackoverflow.com

I have found following question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41894/0-program-name-in-java-discover-main-class but accepted answer fails in this situation:

public class Derived extends Base { }

class Base {
    public static void main(String[] args){
    ...

3. Portable way to find name of main class from Java code    stackoverflow.com

Is there any way to find the name of the main class used to launch the current JVM, from arbitrary code running in that JVM? By arbitrary, I mean that the code ...

4. Displaying name of class that contains main    coderanch.com

5. Load Main class error!!! trying to sort the names inputted in alphabetical order...please help!    coderanch.com

6. Dynamiclally retreiving the main class name    forums.oracle.com

Hi Folks, I would like to dynamically retrieve the class name of the main class which was invoked. Lets say my class name is HelloWorld. I run it using java HelloWorld Now I need to dynamically retrieve the Classname (HelloWorld) using a java program. Can any please let me know how to achieve it. Regards, PA