How do I access the running method's name?

Question

I'd like to write the name of the currently running method to a log. I know I can manually type the name of each method into the string being written to the log but I'd like something more automated and reusable. I assume this can be accomplished using reflection but I don't know where to start with this.

Any suggestions or code samples? Thanks!

Answer 1

System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name should do the trick.

Answer 2

Take a look at System.Diagnostics.StackTrace class

System.Diagnostics.StackTrace st = new System.Diagnostics.StackTrace();
string methodName = st.GetFrame(0).GetMethod().Name;

Keep in mind there is a performance cost here. You'll want to be careful using this in performance sensitive code.