Please Help.-How do I get the name of instance which called that method.

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How do I get the name of instance which called that method.

C#

class Program
 {
     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
         Program p1 = new Program();
         Program K1 = new Program();

         K1.Print_InstanceName();
         p1.Print_InstanceName();
     }
     public void Print_InstanceName()
     {
         Console.WriteLine("Object that called this method= "+ /**Get the name of that instance which called this method.**/);
     }

Expected output is like following:

Object that called this method= p1
Object that called this method= K1

Posted 11-Feb-12 0:57am

Ratika Agarwal

Updated 11-Feb-12 1:10am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-11T01:42:00

Solution 1

You can't: what if I do this:

C#

Program p1 = new Program();
Program k1 = p1;

K1.Print_InstanceName();
p1.Print_InstanceName();

What would you expect to print?

In your example, p1 and K1 are not instances to the Program class - they are variables that reference the instances. Objects generally do not have a Name property (controls do) but even if they did, they would not reflect the name that you give to variables in your code.

Posted 11-Feb-12 1:42am

OriginalGriff

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Ratika Agarwal 11-Feb-12 8:01am

Thanks.But the code I have given here is just an example for the logic that I want. I want to do this operation to check my result. Because I have no other way to check that part of code.

Ratika Agarwal 11-Feb-12 8:08am

I have 2 Objects of a Class, which are accessing the same set of 4 Methods randomly, which are using the same global variable arrays of that class..
I just want to check whether values of those arrays are affected by those Method Calls or not...!!

OriginalGriff 11-Feb-12 8:20am

Sorry - could you explain that a bit better - remember I can't see your screen, or read your HDD...