Which Method Am I In?

Question

I am aiming to add some #if DEBUG to my methods however I don't want to edit the code I copy and Paste into each method.

Is there a generic piece of code like this:

void DoSomething()
            {
#if Debug
            Log("Now In " + MethodName);
#endif
            }

Where MethodName is populated to equal DoSomething, or whichever Method called the Log?

Answer 1

If you're using .NET 4.5 you can use the CallerMemberName attribute:

public static GetCallerMemberName([CallerMemberName]string caller = null)
{
    return caller;
}

Note that when calling this method you don't need to pass anything as an argument - the C# compiler does the work for you. This also means that you avoid performing reflection at runtime, which makes this method much faster.

Usage:

void DoSomething()
{
#if Debug
    Log("Now In " + GetCallerMemberName()); // Logs "Now in DoSomething"
#endif
}