What is a Stack trace element

Each line in the stack trace represents Stack Trace Element. 

class StackTraceElement{
 void divide(){
  int var1 = 10/0;
 }

 void show(){
  divide();
 }

 void print(){
  show();
 }

 public static void main(String args[]){
  StackTraceElement obj = new StackTraceElement();
  obj.print();
 }
}

   

When you run the above program, it generates “ArithmeticException” and JVM throws the stack trace like below.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
          at StackTraceElement.divide(StackTraceElement.java:4)
          at StackTraceElement.show(StackTraceElement.java:8)
          at StackTraceElement.print(StackTraceElement.java:12)
          at StackTraceElement.main(StackTraceElement.java:17)

Each line in the stack trace represents Stack Trace Element.

For Ex:

"StackTraceElement.divide(StackTraceElement.java:4)" is a Stack Trace Element.

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