Question

I want to get derived type from static method.

I want to do something like this

void foo()
{
  this.getType();
}

but in static method

I know that

MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType

returns base type, but i need derived.

Answer 1

Assuming you mean you have something like this

class MyBaseClass
{
    public static void DoSomething()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(/* current class name */);
    }
}

class MyDerivedClass : MyBaseClass
{
}

and want MyDerivedClass.DoSomething(); to print "MyDerivedClass", then the answer is:

There is no solution to your problem. Static methods are not inherited like instance methods. You can refer to DoSomething using MyBaseClass.DoSomething or MyDerivedClass.DoSomething, but both are compiled as calls to MyBaseClass.DoSomething. It is not possible to find out which was used in the source code to make the call.