Getting Type from a static method

chrishx3000

Hello, I'm trying to get the current Type of a class when executing a static method. That is,


public class DbConnector
{
  public static void method()
  {
    Type t = this.GetType(); // Will not work, since this is not allowed
  }
}

Any ideas how to go about doing this? Thanks, chris

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idutta23y ago
It is possible to get the current class and current method information from any method. You have to use the refelection and diagnostics namespaces. using System; using System.Reflection; using System.Diagnostics; This how to get the current class name from any method: // Get the current stack StackTrace trace = new StackTrace(); // Get the topmost frame in the stack and the currently executing method information MethodBase method = trace.GetFrame(0).GetMethod(); Console.WriteLine( method.DeclaringType.FullName ); There may be other ways to do this. I am a java programmer and new to .NET and C#.
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chrishx300023y ago
So there is no way to get the class name or class type where the static method has been declared without using the name of the class?
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andrew23y ago
You can't get a type from this in static method. You can get the type by using typeof operator. Type t = typeof(DbConnector);
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