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The nameof operator allows you to get the name of a variable, type or member in string form without hard-coding it as a literal. The operation is evaluated at compile-time, which means that you can rename, using an IDE's rename feature, a referenced identifier and the name string will update with it...

Snippet public void DoSomething(int paramValue) { Console.WriteLine(nameof(paramValue)); } ... int myValue = 10; DoSomething(myValue); Console Output paramValue

Snippet public class Person : INotifyPropertyChanged { private string _address; public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName) { PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName))...

Snippet public class BugReport : INotifyPropertyChanged { public string Title { ... } public BugStatus Status { ... } } ... private void BugReport_PropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e) { var bugReport = (BugReport)sender; switch (e.PropertyName) ...

Snippet public class SomeClass<TItem> { public void PrintTypeName() { Console.WriteLine(nameof(TItem)); } } ... var myClass = new SomeClass<int>(); myClass.PrintTypeName(); Console.WriteLine(nameof(SomeClass<int>)); Console Output TItem S...

Snippet Console.WriteLine(nameof(CompanyNamespace.MyNamespace)); Console.WriteLine(nameof(MyClass)); Console.WriteLine(nameof(MyClass.MyNestedClass)); Console.WriteLine(nameof(MyNamespace.MyClass.MyNestedClass.MyStaticProperty)); Console Output MyNamespace MyClass MyNestedClass MyStatic...

Prefer public class Order { public OrderLine AddOrderLine(OrderLine orderLine) { if (orderLine == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(orderLine)); ... } } Over public class Order { public OrderLine AddOrderLine(OrderLine orderLine) { ...

Instead of the usual loosely typed: @Html.ActionLink("Log in", "UserController", "LogIn") You can now make action links strongly typed: @Html.ActionLink("Log in", @typeof(UserController), @nameof(UserController.LogIn)) Now if you want to refactor your ...