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During a debug session, it's important for me to identify the name of the actual derived class in the debug info of specific instances.
I tried using this.GetType().Name but this simply returns the type of the base class.
Is there a simple way to get the type of the derived class from within the base class?
During a debug session...
Remember that instead halting a session to add some throw-away code to then recompile and restart, one can use the debugger to divine that after the breakpoint is hit...
By utilizing the Immediate Window of the debugger and typing a this.GetType().Name off of the instance in question and then pressing Enter, it will be shown.
See VS Docs: Immediate Window
Is there a simple way to get the type of the derived class from within the base class?
Yes, for an example I can determine what the exception is by using the Name property of GetType and in real time:
