Retrieving the calling method name from within a method

Question

I have a method in an object that is called from a number of places within the object. Is there a quick and easy way to get the name of the method that called this popular method.

Pseudo Code EXAMPLE:

public Main()
{
     PopularMethod();
}

public ButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     PopularMethod();
}

public Button2Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     PopularMethod();
}

public void PopularMethod()
{
     //Get calling method name
}

Within PopularMethod() I would like to see the value of Main if it was called from Main ... I'd like to see "ButtonClick" if PopularMethod() was called from ButtonClick

I was looking at the System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod() but that won't get me the calling method. I've looked at the StackTrace class but I really didn't relish running an entire stack trace every time that method is called.

Answer 1

In .NET 4.5 / C# 5, this is simple:

public void PopularMethod([CallerMemberName] string caller = null)
{
     // look at caller
}

The compiler adds the caller's name automatically; so:

void Foo() {
    PopularMethod();
}

will pass in "Foo".