Reflection.java

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package sun.reflect;

public class Reflection {

    private Reflection() { }

    /**
     * @deprecated This method is an internal API and will be removed.
     * Use {@link StackWalker} to walk the stack and obtain the caller class
     * with {@link StackWalker.StackFrame#getDeclaringClass} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated(forRemoval=true)
    public static Class<?> getCallerClass(int depth) {
        if (depth < 0)
            throw new InternalError("depth must be positive");

        // increase depth to account for delegation to the internal impl
        return jdk.internal.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(depth + 1);
    }
}