C# Retrieving Classname in a static method

Question

Example:

namespace MyProgram.Testing
{

    public class Test1
    {
        public void TestMethod()
        {
            String actualType = this.GetType().FullName.ToString();
            return;
        }

        public static String GetInheritedClassName()
        {
            return System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().ReflectedType.FullName;
        }

    }

    public class Test2 : Test1
    {
    }

    public class Test3
    {
       String test2ClassName = Test2.GetInheritedClassName();
    }
}

Anyway, I want it to return "MyProgram.Testing.Test2" but instead Test2.GetInheritedClassName() returns "MyProgram.Testing.Test1". What do I have to put into that static class to get it to return that (if possible)?

Answer 1

It's not possible. When you call Test2.GetInheritedClassName, it's actually Test1.GetInheritedClassName that is called, because Test2.GetInheritedClassName doesn't really exists (btw, some tools like Resharper would show a warning: Access to a static member of a type via a derived type)

Static members don't participate in inheritance, which is kind of logical since inheritance only makes sense when you're dealing with instances...