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copied!<p>If the getter is public, then the following should work. It will give you an extension method that looks like this:</p> <pre><code>var propertyName = myTestObject.NameOf(o => o.TestProperty); </code></pre> <p>It requires a public getter. I hope, at some point, reflection functionality like this is rolled into the language.</p> <pre><code>public static class Name { public static string Of(LambdaExpression selector) { if (selector == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("selector"); var mexp = selector.Body as MemberExpression; if (mexp == null) { var uexp = (selector.Body as UnaryExpression); if (uexp == null) throw new TargetException( "Cannot determine the name of a member using an expression because the expression provided cannot be converted to a '" + typeof(UnaryExpression).Name + "'." ); mexp = uexp.Operand as MemberExpression; } if (mexp == null) throw new TargetException( "Cannot determine the name of a member using an expression because the expression provided cannot be converted to a '" + typeof(MemberExpression).Name + "'." ); return mexp.Member.Name; } public static string Of<TSource>(Expression<Func<TSource, object>> selector) { return Of<TSource, object>(selector); } public static string Of<TSource, TResult>(Expression<Func<TSource, TResult>> selector) { return Of(selector as LambdaExpression); } } public static class NameExtensions { public static string NameOf<TSource, TResult>(this TSource obj, Expression<Func<TSource, TResult>> selector) { return Name.Of(selector); } } </code></pre>

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