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

c# .net logging stack-trace system.diagnostics
flipdoubt picture flipdoubt · Oct 5, 2008 · Viewed 251.5k times · Source

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 I want to go one step beneath this in the stack trace. I've considered parsing the stack trace, but I am hoping to find a cleaner more explicit way, something like Assembly.GetCallingAssembly() but for methods.

Answer

Firas Assaad picture Firas Assaad · Oct 5, 2008

Try this:

using System.Diagnostics;
// Get call stack
StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace(); 
// Get calling method name
Console.WriteLine(stackTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name);

one-liner:

(new System.Diagnostics.StackTrace()).GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name

It is from Get Calling Method using Reflection [C#].

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