What is the fastest way to get a MethodBase object?

Question

I have a Type object, and a method name:

Type type;  
string methodName;

And i need a MethodBase object for the method "methodName", somewhere in the stack.
This works:

MethodBase nemo;
StackTrace st = new StackTrace(); // Behaves poorly...
for(int i =0; i< st.FrameCount; i++ )
{
   StackFrame sf = st.GetFrame(i);
   if (sf.GetMethod().Name == methodName)
   {
       nemo = sf.GetMethod();      
   }
}

But i need a faster approach...

have you found a better way meantime? :) – Răzvan Flavius Panda Jul 28 '11 at 08:29 — Răzvan Flavius Panda, Jul 28 '11 at 08:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '11 at 18:18

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You can write type.GetMethod(methodName).

answered May 16 '11 at 18:18

SLaks

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He apparently wants an instance of that method as it appears in the call stack, not a new one that isn't currently executing. – KeithS May 16 '11 at 18:20
@Keith: Methods don't have instances. That doesn't make any sense. – SLaks May 16 '11 at 18:22
@KeithS - Reflection metadata doesn't look any different whether you get it from the callstack, or from the type. Walking the callstack is only necessary if you don't know *which siganture of the method may appear* - in which case, it's unavoidable. – LBushkin May 16 '11 at 18:22
@SLaks: Thanks, but it is not the same - it does not work for constructors... type.GetMethod(".ctor") returns null. StackFrame.GetMethod worked for every method. – seldary May 17 '11 at 07:34
@seldary: Then call `.GetConstructors()`. – SLaks May 17 '11 at 12:32
@SLaks: I too can read msdn... and even if use it i don't know which ctor was called. and there are other problems aside from ctors. i need a WORKING solution (exactly as the StackFrame solution), and a FAST one at the same time. – seldary May 18 '11 at 04:22

What is the fastest way to get a MethodBase object?

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