Get Namespace Name [modified]

[DaveyM69]

I'm trying to get the namespace that a class resides in within a static method of that class. this.GetType().Namespace; works if the method is not static but obviously this is not valid in a static method. Edit: I've found that this way works but I'm sure there's a better way!

private class dummy
{ }

static string GetNamespace()
{
dummy temp = new dummy();
return temp.GetType().Namespace;
}

Dave

modified on Monday, March 3, 2008 7:52 AM

[TJoe]

You can simply use typeof(MyClass).Namespace.

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[DaveyM69]

Thanks Tom, it works and will solve my problem but I was looking for a more general way if there is one. The static method must already be in a class, so surely it should know what MyClass is without me having to specify it?

Dave

[Pete OHanlon]

You could always do this with the StackFrame. Here's a quick sample:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace TestApp
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
StackFrame sf = new StackFrame();

  Console.WriteLine(sf.GetMethod().DeclaringType.Namespace);
}

}
}

GetMethod has a property called DeclaringType which returns the type of the class the method is implemented in, and from there it's trivial to find the namespace.

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[DaveyM69]

This works! System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Namespace;

Dave

[DaveyM69]

Cheers Pete, I actually found and posted the solution at the same time as you! I used System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod() instead of StackFrame.GetMethd() Are there any advantages of either one?

Dave

[Pete OHanlon]

DaveyM69 wrote:

Cheers Pete, I actually found and posted the solution at the same time as you! I used System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod() instead of StackFrame.GetMethd() Are there any advantages of either one?

Well, the StackFrame always implicitly returns MethodBase information, plus it returns line and file information if it's a debug build (obviously no line/file info should be returned for a release build). So, no real benefit of either one.

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