How can I find the method that called the current method?

Question

When logging in C#, how can I learn the name of the method that called the current method? I know all about System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod(), but

Answer 1

We can improve on Mr Assad's code (the current accepted answer) just a little bit by instantiating only the frame we actually need rather than the entire stack:

new StackFrame(1).GetMethod().Name;

This might perform a little better, though in all likelihood it still has to use the full stack to create that single frame. Also, it still has the same caveats that Alex Lyman pointed out (optimizer/native code might corrupt the results). Finally, you might want to check to be sure that new StackFrame(1) or .GetFrame(1) don't return null, as unlikely as that possibility might seem.

See this related question: Can you use reflection to find the name of the currently executing method?