Get Method Name From Action

Question

Is it possible to get a method name from an action? I know I could always pass a string, but I was hoping for something a little more clever.

    public bool DeviceCommand(Action apiCall)     {         //It would be nice to log the method name that was passed in         try         {             apiCall();         }         catch (Exception exc)         {             LogException(exc);             return false;         }                  return true;     }   

Usage looks like this:

void MyMethod() (      DeviceCommand(() => api.WriteConfig(config)); ) 

Answer 1

Yes there is: Action.Method.Name

However, this only works if you pass in the Action parameter as a method group, not as a lambda expression:

class Program {     static void SomeActionName(){}      static void Main(string[] args)     {         LogMethodName(() => SomeActionName()); // <Main>b__0         LogMethodName(SomeActionName); // SomeActionName          var instance = new SomeClass();         LogMethodName(() => instance.SomeClassMethod());; // <Main>b__1         LogMethodName(instance.SomeClassMethod); // SomeClassMethod       }      private static void LogMethodName(Action action)     {         Console.WriteLine(action.Method.Name);     } }  class SomeClass {     public void SomeClassMethod(){} }