Question

I inherit a class from a base class “MyLog”.

If I call “Write” within the inherited class, I want it to prefix any messages with the name of the inherited class.

As this application needs to be fast, I need some way of avoiding reflection during normal program operation (reflection during startup is fine).

Here is some code to illustrate the point:

class MyClassA : MyLog
{
   w("MyMessage"); // Prints "MyClassA: MyMessage"
}

class MyClassB : MyLog
{
   w("MyMessage"); // Prints "MyClassB: MyMessage"
}

class MyLog
{
  string nameOfInheritedClass;
  MyLog()
  {
    nameOfInheritedClass = ?????????????
  }

  w(string message)
  {       
     Console.Write(nameOfInheritedClass, message);
  }
}

Answer 1

I suspect you want:

nameOfInheritedClass = GetType().Name;

GetType() always returns the actual type of the object it’s called on.