Find Invoker Method Name

Question

I have a structure like below:

public class BaseClass
{
    public string SendError(string Message){

         //which method called me

         return Message;

    }
}


public class TypeAClass : BaseClass
{
    public static TypeAClass Instance { get; set;}

    public void TestToTest()
    {
         SendError("Test Message");
    }
}

Can I get the method name that calls the SendError() in the SendError method. For example, in this scenario it should give me the name TestToTest()

possible duplicate of [How can I find the method that called the current method?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/171970/how-can-i-find-the-method-that-called-the-current-method) — M.Babcock, Mar 08 '12 at 16:51
Pay attention to the caveats of using StackFrame.GetMethod, as described in [this comment](http://stackoverflow.com/a/172015/832377)... specially inline optimizations. — Mike, Mar 08 '12 at 16:59

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:52

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This is a feature of C# 5:

You can declare a parameter of a function as a caller info:

public string SendError(string Message, [CallerMemberName] string callerName = "")
{
    Console.WriteLine(callerName + "called me.");
}

answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:52

Coincoin

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:52

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Try this

StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();
String callingMethodName = stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name;

answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:52

Haris Hasan

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:53

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

answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:53

Steve Danner

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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From the answer of the duplicate question:

using System.Diagnostics;
// get call stack
StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();

// get calling method name
Console.WriteLine(stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name);

Or more brief:

new StackTrace().GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Mar 08 '12 at 16:52

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Find Invoker Method Name

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