How to dynamically pass name of calling method as a parameter in the same method?

Question

I'm looking for something like this:

public void MyCallingMethod()
        {
           var myObj = new Obj(Context.Method.Name);
        }

Or even better....

Would it be possible to determine from myObj what calling method lead to the creation of the object, but this would have to be reliable, because I will be using it for reporting.

Expected result would be "MyCallingMethod" or "MyCallingMethod()" as a string.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2652460/c-sharp-how-to-get-the-name-of-the-current-method-from-code — Dmitry Bychenko, Jul 06 '15 at 10:35
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/44153/can-you-use-reflection-to-find-the-name-of-the-currently-executing-method — Dmitry Bychenko, Jul 06 '15 at 10:36
http://stackoverflow.com/a/13496108/1789202 No need to use refleciton — CSharpie, Jul 06 '15 at 10:36

Ji Ra · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-06T10:56:10.497

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You could look at GetCurrentMethod

MethodBase method = System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod();
string methodName = method.Name;
string className = method.ReflectedType.Name;

string fullMethodName = className + "." + methodName;

But i assume that using that kind of ,,thing'' is not good solution for anything. I think you have misarchitected you app

edited Jul 06 '15 at 10:56

answered Jul 06 '15 at 10:35

Ji Ra

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Please dont use relfection. There are better ways now http://stackoverflow.com/a/13496108/1789202 – CSharpie Jul 06 '15 at 10:37

ForNeVeR · Answer 2 · 2015-07-06T10:45:57.637

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You could try the .NET 4.5 CallerMemberName attribute:

public Obj([CallerMemberName]string caller = null)
{ }

If you call this method like this:

public void MyCallingMethod()
{
    new Obj();
}

Then the value of caller will be the string "MyCallingMethod".

edited Jul 06 '15 at 10:45

answered Jul 06 '15 at 10:40

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How to dynamically pass name of calling method as a parameter in the same method?

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