Is it possible to get the name method of that calls another method?

Question

This is what I am talking about:

Public Shared Sub Test1()
    Test2()
End Sub

Public Shared Sub Test2()
    MsgBox(Test2.LastMethod) ' Test1
End Sub

I would imagine if this is possible, System.Reflection will be utilized?

Any thoughts?

possible duplicate of [Programatic access to call stack in .net](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13434/programatic-access-to-call-stack-in-net) — senderle, Jul 07 '12 at 03:00
See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13434/programatic-access-to-call-stack-in-net — Rob Stevenson-Leggett, Mar 24 '09 at 14:43

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '09 at 14:44

7

Look at the System.Diagnostics.StackFrame class.

 StackFrame frame = new StackFrame(1);
 MethodBase method = frame.GetMethod();
 Console.WriteLine(method.Name);

As a side note you shouldn't depend on who you caller is and shouldn't use this unless you are writing a debugger or for logging purposes.

answered Mar 24 '09 at 14:44

devdimi

Another caveat: if the method is JIT-inlined it will return the wrong method. – Joel Coehoorn Mar 24 '09 at 15:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '09 at 14:44

1

Dim stackFrame As New Diagnostics.StackFrame(1)
stackFrame.GetMethod.Name.toString() & stackFrame.GetMethod.DeclaringType.FullName.tostring()

Should give you the full name.

answered Mar 24 '09 at 14:44

Brandon

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

0

Be careful how you do this. If your method is JIT-inlined you might see the wrong method.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

Community

answered Mar 24 '09 at 14:59

Joel Coehoorn

3 Answers3