ThisClass by Trym Lund Flogard

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Name: ThisClass

Exposes class and type information as constants in the ThisClass class using source generators powered by Roslyn, inspired by ThisAssembly.

Author: Trym Lund Flogard

NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/ThisClass/

You can find more details at https://github.com/trympet/ThisClass

Source: https://github.com/trympet/ThisClass

Original Readme

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ThisClass

Exposes class and type information as constants in the ThisClass class using source generators powered by Roslyn, inspired by ThisAssembly.

ThisClass

Add the ThisClassAttribute to generate type information for a class.

[ThisClass]
partial class Demo
{
    public Demo()
    {
        Logger.Info($"Hello from {ThisClass.FullName}"); // SampleApp.Demo
    }
}

NLog.Extensions.ThisClass

Create class loggers without using reflection.

using SomeNamespace;

namespace SampleApp.NLog
{
    ...
    namespace AnotherNamespace
    {
        using SomeOtherNamespace;
        [ClassLoggerLazy]
        partial class Demo2<T> : SomeInterface<T> where T : SomeOtherInterface
        {
            public static void SayHello()
            {
                Logger.Info("Hello");
            }

            [ClassLogger]
            internal partial class NestedClass : SomeInterface<SomeOtherInterface>
            {
            }
        }
    }
}

Looks like this behind the scenes

// <auto-generated/>
#nullable enable
namespace SampleApp.NLog
{
    partial class Demo1
    {
        public static partial class ThisClass
        {
            /// <summary>
            /// Gets the fully qualified name of the parent class, including the namespace but not the assembly.
            /// </summary>
            public const string FullName = "SampleApp.NLog.Demo1";
        }
    }
}

// <auto-generated/>
#nullable enable
namespace SampleApp.NLog
{
    namespace AnotherNamespace
    {
        using SomeOtherNamespace;

        partial class Demo2<T> : global::SomeNamespace.SomeInterface<T> where T : global::SomeOtherNamespace.SomeOtherInterface
        {
            public static partial class ThisClass
            {
                /// <summary>
                /// Gets the fully qualified name of the parent class, including the namespace but not the assembly.
                /// </summary>
                public const string FullName = "SampleApp.NLog.AnotherNamespace.Demo2";
            }

            private static global::NLog.Logger? __loggerLazy;
            private static global::NLog.Logger Logger => __loggerLazy ??= global::NLog.LogManager.GetLogger(ThisClass.FullName);
        }
    }
}

// <auto-generated/>
#nullable enable
namespace SampleApp.NLog
{
    namespace AnotherNamespace
    {
        using SomeOtherNamespace;

        partial class Demo2<T> : global::SomeNamespace.SomeInterface<T> where T : global::SomeOtherNamespace.SomeOtherInterface
        {
            partial class NestedClass : global::SomeNamespace.SomeInterface<global::SomeOtherNamespace.SomeOtherInterface>
            {
                public static partial class ThisClass
                {
                    /// <summary>
                    /// Gets the fully qualified name of the parent class, including the namespace but not the assembly.
                    /// </summary>
                    public const string FullName = "SampleApp.NLog.AnotherNamespace.Demo2.NestedClass";
                }

                private static readonly global::NLog.Logger Logger = global::NLog.LogManager.GetLogger(ThisClass.FullName);
            }
        }
    }
}

About

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Generate full class name from class

How to use

Example (source csproj, source files)

CSharp Project

This is the CSharp Project that references ThisClass

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

	<PropertyGroup>
		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
		<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
	</PropertyGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
		<PackageReference Include="ThisClass" Version="1.5.11" />
	</ItemGroup>
	<PropertyGroup>
		<EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles>true</EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles>
		<CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)\GX</CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath>
	</PropertyGroup>

</Project>

Program.cs

This is the use of ThisClass in Program.cs

using DemoClass;

Person person = new Person();
person.Name = "Andrei Ignat";
Console.WriteLine(person.Name);
Console.WriteLine(Person.ThisClass.FullName);

Person.cs

This is the use of ThisClass in Person.cs

namespace DemoClass;
[ThisClass]
internal partial class Person
{
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public string ClassName => ThisClass.FullName;
}

Generated Files

Those are taken from $(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)\GX

Person_ThisClass.g.cs

// <auto-generated/>
#pragma warning disable CS0108, CS1591, CS1573, CS0465, CS0649, CS8019, CS1570, CS1584, CS1658, CS0436, CS8981
#nullable enable
namespace DemoClass;
partial class Person
{
    public static partial class ThisClass
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the fully qualified name of the parent class, including the namespace but not the assembly.
        /// </summary>
        public const string FullName = "DemoClass.Person";
    }
}

ThisClassAttribute.g.cs

// <auto-generated/>
#pragma warning disable CS1591,CS1573,CS0465,CS0649,CS8019,CS1570,CS1584,CS1658,CS0436,CS8981
using System;
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Struct | AttributeTargets.Interface, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = true)]
sealed partial class ThisClassAttribute : Attribute
{
}

Useful

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