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get property name using Reflection

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Published: 27. October 2011 | Updated: 27. October 2011
License: Microsoft Public License (MS-PL)
Categories: Framework » Reflection
Tags: C# Reflection

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Snippet example shows how to get property name at runtime.

Import namespace

using System.Reflection;

Code

public class MyClass
{
    public string Value
    {
        get
        {
            string propertyName = GetPropertyName(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod());
            ...
        }
        set
        {
            string propertyName = GetPropertyName(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod());
            ...
        }
    }

    public static string GetPropertyName(MethodBase method)
    {
        return method.Name.Replace("get_", String.Empty).Replace("set_", String.Empty);
    }
}