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Get method name and type using lambda expression
Can I use Expression<Func<T, bool>> and reliably see which properties are referenced in the Func<T, bool>?

Hi,

I want to have a method, which I can use like this

<% Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.Property, Helper.GetAttributes<ViewModel>(x=>x.PropertyA)) %>

The method header looks like this

public static Dictionary<string, string> GetAttributeValues<T>(Expression<Func<T, object>> myParam)

but how do i find out the name of PropertyA? i need to do some checks before returning the right attributes.
thanks in advance..

cheers

PS: thanks to driis post How to get names from expression property? i found the solution

it is

public static Dictionary<string, string> GetAttributeValues<T>(Expression<Func<T, object>> myParam)
{
    var item = myParam.Body as UnaryExpression;
    var operand = item.Operand as MemberExpression;
    Log.Debug(operand.Member.Name);
}

Answer 1

That could be:

string propertyName = ((MemberExpression) myParam.Body).Member.Name;

In production code, you should probably check the Expression type before the cast and throw an appropiate exception if the expression passed in is not MemberExpression.