Question

I wish to call something similar to

public static void Foo()
{
    PropertyInfo prop = xxx;
} 

from

public string Bar()
{
   get { return Foo(); }
}

I want prop to be the PropertyInfo for the calling property, I am at a loss as to what xxx would be.

Any ideas folks?

Answer 1

A property is in reality two methods: get_PropertyName and set_PropertyName. You can get these method names using the StackTrace class:

public string MethodName
{
  get { return new StackTrace(true).GetFrame(0).GetMethod().Name.Substring(4); }
}

The Substring call removed the get_ part of the method name so you get the property name only.