Get instance that's calling the current method
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Is it possible to get a reference to the object that is calling a method (maybe through something like Reflection)? i.e. something like:
public class A { private B b; public A() { b.SomeMethod() } } public class B { public void SomeMethod() { if(callingInstance.Type == typeof(A) //do domething } } -
Is it possible to get a reference to the object that is calling a method (maybe through something like Reflection)? i.e. something like:
public class A { private B b; public A() { b.SomeMethod() } } public class B { public void SomeMethod() { if(callingInstance.Type == typeof(A) //do domething } }You can get the calling assembly using
Assembly.GetCallingAssembly, but not the calling type. Since this is an object-oriented development platform, a more appropriate implementation would accept the caller as a parameter to the method, typically declared as an abstract class or an interface. The caller would have to implement that interface or extend that abstract base class and override whatever members are appropriate to call, so that your method or class can call those methods without knowing about a specific implementation of those methods.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles