How to get the name of the class which contains the method which called the current method?

Question

I have a requirement where I need to know the name of the class (ApiController) which has a method (GetMethod) which is called by another m

Answer 1

You can achieve this by below code

First you need to add namespace using System.Diagnostics;

public class OtherClass
{
    public void OtherMethod()
    {
        StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();

        string callerClassName = stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod().DeclaringType.Name;
        string callerClassNameWithNamespace = stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod().DeclaringType.FullName;

        Console.WriteLine("This is the only name of your class:" + callerClassName);
        Console.WriteLine("This is the only name of your class with its namespace:" + callerClassNameWithNamespace);
    }
}

The instance of stackTrace is depend upon your implementation environment. you may defined it locally or globally

OR

You may use below method without creating StackTrace instance

public class OtherClass
{
    public void OtherMethod()
    {
        string callerClassName = new StackFrame(1).GetMethod().DeclaringType.Name;
        string callerClassNameWithNamespace = new StackFrame(1).GetMethod().DeclaringType.FullName;

        Console.WriteLine("This is the only name of your class:" + callerClassName);
        Console.WriteLine("This is the only name of your class with its namespace:" + callerClassNameWithNamespace);
    }
}

Try this may it help you