Get the name of the current method

.net vb.net reflection
camainc picture camainc · Jan 12, 2010 · Viewed 53k times · Source

This is kind of a silly question, but is it possible to get the name of the method that is currently being executed from within that method?

Public Sub SomeMethod()

   Dim methodName as String = System.Reflection.[function to get the current method name here?]

End Sub

Thanks

Answer

herzmeister picture herzmeister · Jan 12, 2010

System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod();

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