How to get the name of the class without instantiating object or having a static method?

Question

I hate to see the name of the class used as a string parameter like "FileDownloader" in the code, and I would like to use something like this FileDownloader.Name(), where FileDownloader is name of the class.
Only problem is that I can't find out how to do that without instantiating object or creating a static method...

Is there a way to get a class name in .net without having the object instance and without creating a static method that returns the name of the class?

Answer 1

In VB.Net:

Dim sf As StackFrame = New StackFrame()
Dim mb As MethodBase = sf.GetMethod()
Dim className = mb.DeclaringType.Name

There you go. Totally dynamic. Just be careful about refactoring... If you move it to another class, the class name will change... :)

Answer 2

Try typeof(YourClass).name. This should expose the name of your class

Answer 3

use the typeof operator:

typeof ( FileDownloader).Name

Answer 4

Sure:

var name = typeof(FileDownloader).Name;