Class MethodSignature

Namespace

Cuemon.Reflection

Assembly

Cuemon.Core.dll

Represent the signature of a method in a lightweight format.

public class MethodSignature

Inheritance

object

MethodSignature

Examples

The following example shows how to capture lightweight method metadata for logging or retry evidence.

using System;
using Cuemon.Reflection;

namespace MyApp.Examples;

public static class MethodSignatureExample
{
    public static void Demonstrate()
    {
        var signature = new MethodSignature(
            typeof(PaymentGateway).FullName ?? nameof(PaymentGateway),
            nameof(PaymentGateway.Authorize),
            new[] { typeof(string).Name, typeof(decimal).Name },
            new object[] { "INV-42", 19.95m });

        Console.WriteLine(signature.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", signature.Parameters ?? Array.Empty<string>()));
        Console.WriteLine(signature.Arguments?.Length ?? 0);
    }
}

public sealed class PaymentGateway
{
    public void Authorize(string orderId, decimal amount)
    {
    }
}

Constructors

MethodSignature(string, string, string[], object[])

Initializes a new instance of the MethodSignature class.

public MethodSignature(string caller, string methodName, string[] parameters, object[] arguments)

Parameters

caller string

The class on which the method portrayed by methodName resides.

methodName string

The name of the method to portray.

parameters string[]

The optional parameters of the method portrayed by methodName.

arguments object[]

The optional runtime arguments passed to the method portrayed by methodName.

Properties

Arguments

Gets the runtime arguments (if any) that was passed to the portrayed method.

public object[] Arguments { get; }

Property Value

object[]

An array of objects that was passed to the portrayed method.

Caller

Gets the caller of the class where the method portrayed by MethodName is located.

public string Caller { get; }

Property Value

string

The caller of the class where the method portrayed by MethodName is located.

MethodName

Gets the name of the portrayed method.

public string MethodName { get; }

Property Value

string

The name of the portrayed method.

Parameters

Gets the parameters (if any) of the portrayed method.

public string[] Parameters { get; }

Property Value

string[]

An array of string values that matches the signature of the portrayed method.

Methods

ToString()

Returns a string that represents this instance.

public override string ToString()

Returns

string

A string that represents this instance.