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Enriquev
Enriquev

Reputation: 929

c# gettype of object from class

How could I make this work?:

public class myClass
{
 public string first;
 public int second;
 public string third;
}

public string tester(object param)
{
 //Catch the name of what was passed not the value and return it
}

//So:
myClass mC = new myClass();

mC.first = "ok";
mC.second = 12;
mC.third = "ko";

//then would return its type from definition :
tester(mC.first) // would return : "mc.first" or "myClass.first" or "first"
//and 
tester(mC.second) // would return : "mc.second" or "myClass.second" or "second"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 300

Answers (3)

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062780

In the absence of infoof, the best you can do is Tester(() => mC.first) via expression trees...

using System;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
public static class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        //So:
        myClass mC = new myClass();

        mC.first = "ok";
        mC.second = 12;
        mC.third = "ko";
        //then would return its type from definition :
        Tester(() => mC.first); // writes "mC.first = ok"
        //and 
        Tester(() => mC.second); // writes "mC.second = 12"
    }
    static string GetName(Expression expr)
    {
        if (expr.NodeType == ExpressionType.MemberAccess)
        {
            var me = (MemberExpression)expr;
            string name = me.Member.Name, subExpr = GetName(me.Expression);
            return string.IsNullOrEmpty(subExpr)
                ? name : (subExpr + "." + name);
        }
        return "";
    }
    public static void Tester<TValue>(
        Expression<Func<TValue>> selector)
    {
        TValue value = selector.Compile()();

        string name = GetName(selector.Body);

        Console.WriteLine(name + " = " + value);
    }
}

Upvotes: 9

Philippe Leybaert
Philippe Leybaert

Reputation: 171774

That's not possible. "param" will have no information on where the value came from.

When calling tester(), a copy of the value in one of the properties is made, so the "link" to the property is lost.

Upvotes: 0

Thomas Levesque
Thomas Levesque

Reputation: 292425

This is not possible. Variable names don't exist in compiled code, so there's no way you can retrieve a variable name at runtime

Upvotes: 0

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