Get the name(s) of interface methods strong typed

Question

i have an interface like this example:

Interface IRequest{

  List<profile> GetProfiles();
  void SetProfile (Profile p);
}

Now, in some logging component, i don't have access to the object implementing the interface, but i want to use the names of the methods in the interface. i can of course type them as a string (copy the method name in a string), but i want to use them strong typed so i don't have to keep the method names and string in sync.

In pseudo code, i would do this:

string s= IRequest.GetProfiles.ToString()

Is this in a way possible?

EDIT:

Maybe i should call it: use the interface like it's an Enum string s= IRequest.GetProfiles.ToString()

Answer 1

You can achieve this in two ways:

//If you CAN access the instance
var instance = new YourClass(); //instance of class implementing the interface
var interfaces = instance.GetType().GetInterfaces();

//Otherwise get the type of the class
var classType = typeof(YourClass); //Get Type of the class implementing the interface
var interfaces = classType.GetInterfaces()

And then:

foreach(Type iface in interfaces)
{
    var methods = iface.GetMethods();

    foreach(MethodInfo method in methods)
    {        
        var methodName = method.Name;
    }
}