How do I find the type of the object instance of the caller of the current function?

Question

Currently I have the function CreateLog() for creating a a log4net Log with name after the constructing instance\'s class. Typically used as in:

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Answer 1

Walk up the stack checking for base class - derived class relationship.

        var type = new StackFrame(1).GetMethod().DeclaringType;
        foreach (var frame in new StackTrace(2).GetFrames())
            if (type != frame.GetMethod().DeclaringType.BaseType)
                break;
            else
                type = frame.GetMethod().DeclaringType;
        return CreateLogWithName(type.FullName);

You may want to put in a check that the methods examined are constructors. But a scenario where the subclass is instantiating the superclass in a method other than it's constructor, may still want the current behaviour.