Identifying the method and class name programmatically

5 Oct 2006 1:45 PM

lisa

Is there any way to tell, programmatically, what method and class
you're in? For example, if I'm doing error handling, I don't want to
have to type the name of the method and class each time; I'd rather
have a stock thing I can just paste in everywhere.

Thanks,
Lisa

5 Oct 2006 2:01 PM

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)

A certain amount of this information is automatically processed and added to
the exception objects. Look, for example, at exceptionObject.StatckTrace,
which contains the error point, as well as the entire stack trace a called b
which called c which called d.

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<l***@starways.net> wrote in message

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news:1160055928.399442.73850@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> Is there any way to tell, programmatically, what method and class
> you're in? For example, if I'm doing error handling, I don't want to
> have to type the name of the method and class each time; I'd rather
> have a stock thing I can just paste in everywhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>

5 Oct 2006 2:21 PM

Nicolas Guinet

A a = new A();
   a.Function_1(0);

class A
    {
        public A() { }
        public void Function_1(int d)
        {
            try
            {
                double c = 5/d;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show( " ERROR IN CLASS '" + this.GetType().Name +
"' ON FUNCTION '" + e.TargetSite + "'");
            }

        }
    }

Regards

Nicolas Guinet

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> Is there any way to tell, programmatically, what method and class
> you're in? For example, if I'm doing error handling, I don't want to
> have to type the name of the method and class each time; I'd rather
> have a stock thing I can just paste in everywhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>

5 Oct 2006 4:37 PM

lisa

Thank you so much!

Lisa

Nicolas Guinet wrote:
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> A a = new A();
>    a.Function_1(0);
>
>
> class A
>     {
>         public A() { }
>         public void Function_1(int d)
>         {
>             try
>             {
>                 double c = 5/d;
>             }
>             catch (Exception e)
>             {
>                 MessageBox.Show( " ERROR IN CLASS '" + this.GetType().Name +
> "' ON FUNCTION '" + e.TargetSite + "'");
>             }
>
>         }
>     }
>
> Regards
>
> Nicolas Guinet
>
> <l***@starways.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1160055928.399442.73***@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> > Is there any way to tell, programmatically, what method and class
> > you're in? For example, if I'm doing error handling, I don't want to
> > have to type the name of the method and class each time; I'd rather
> > have a stock thing I can just paste in everywhere.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lisa
> >

5 Oct 2006 7:27 PM

Keith Patrick

For current method without having an exception, try:
new StackTrace().GetFrame(0).GetMethod()

Be forwarned - reflection-based actions like this are computationally
expensive, so use sparingly.