Getting Type from a static method

Question

Hello I'm trying to get the current Type of a class when executing a static method. That is public class DbConnector { public static void method() { Type t = this.GetType(); // Will not work since this is not allowed } } Any ideas how to go about doing this? Thanks chris

idutta · Answer

It is possible to get the current class and current method information from any method. You have to use the refelection and diagnostics namespaces. using System; using System.Reflection; using System.Diagnostics; This how to get the current class name from any method: // Get the current stack StackTrace trace = new StackTrace(); // Get the topmost frame in the stack and the currently executing method information MethodBase method = trace.GetFrame(0).GetMethod(); Console.WriteLine( method.DeclaringType.FullName ); There may be other ways to do this. I am a java programmer and new to .NET and C#.

chrishx3000 · Answer

So there is no way to get the class name or class type where the static method has been declared without using the name of the class?

andrew · Answer

You can't get a type from this in static method. You can get the type by using typeof operator. Type t = typeof(DbConnector);