How do I get the name of a property from a property in C# (2.0)

Question

I know I could have an attribute but that\'s more work than I want to go to... and not general enough.

I want to do something like

class Whotsit
{
          


        

Answer 1

It is possible (without reflection) but only with latest C# 3.0

quick & very very dirty

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string propertyName = GetName(() => AppDomain.CurrentDomain);
        Console.WriteLine(propertyName); // prints "CurrentDomain"
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    public static string GetName(Expression<Func<object>> property)
    {
        return property.Body.ToString().Split('.').Last();
    }
}

Update: I've just realized that Jon Skeet (anyone surprised? :) has covered this possibility already but I'll keep my answer here just in case someone is interested in some example to start with.