How to get the current class

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How can you get the current class of a method?

We are writting out trace error messages using the
System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod to get the Current
Method but a string is passed telling for the class. I am a newbie to
the .NET but I would think there should be a way to say
GetCurrentClass?

Here is our code.
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Imports System.Reflection.MethodBase
....
Public Class ctlUserMaintenance : Inherits ctlBaseEdit
....
Protected Overrides Sub InitForm()
mPageName = "User Maintenance"
End Sub

Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
MyBase.OnLoad(e)
Try
SetDirtyFlag(False)
InitGrid()
Catch ex As Exception
SendError(ex, GetCurrentMethod.Name, mPageName)
End Try
End Sub
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The SendError routine displays/logs the error. As you can see
GetCurrentMethod.Name is used to pass "OnLoad" but mPageName is hard
coded with "User Maintenance". I would like a way to get the Class
name of "ctlUserMaintenance" without having to hard code it. Then I
would be able to tell exactly what class thrown the error.

Any other ideas on how to handle error conditions would be appretiated
too.
It would be really cool if I could get the SendError to open to run
"DevEnv /Edit" and have it open the class that is causing the problem
so I can debug.

Thanks in advance.
 
How can you get the current class of a method?
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In an instance method such as OnLoad you can simply check
Me.GetType().Name. In a Shared method,
MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Name.



Mattias
 
The most obvious answer, "me.GetType" is probably what you're looking for.

This may (or may not) give the right polymorphic answer, depending on what
you want. If you're in a base class, you'll end up getting the type of the
derived class. Sometims this is what you're looking for, sometimes not.

.... also, this won't work inside a shared method, as there's no "me"
parameter available.
 
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