Can a static field get the name of the class that its declared in?

Is it possible to refer to the name of the class that a piece of code is in?

For example w开发者_开发技巧hen adding logging statements with log4net we initialise the log like this in each class...

private static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(EmploymentCorrectionUpdate));

Where 'EmploymentCorrectionUpdate' is the name of the class containing the code.

It would be a lot easier if the class name could be retrieved generically.

Please Note: This is a static field.

this.GetType() should do the trick, if you are not in a static context.

If you are in a static context, use

Type t = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType

(from .NET: Determine the type of “this” class in its static method)

yeah funny enough we use it for logging too, although I don't like using reflection for these purposes:

MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Name;

For an instance method it's easy (this.GetType()), but you need a static, class-level method.

I think that's difficult (or slow). If there was an easy/quick way, the log4net developers would have used it.

You can use the below code for getting the class name.

MethodBase method = frame.GetMethod(); method.DeclaringType.Name