c# - Trying to get a string that represents a class heirachy -

class base { } class a: base { } class b:a { } 

i want able instance of b string "base.a.b"

of course do

class b:a {    const string name = "base.a.b"; } 

but thats kind of fragile, if change things have change in many places

i started out with

class base { protected string name {get{return typeof(base).name;}}; } 

with dea of each class hierarchy level calling base.name method. again have had name base twice (admittedly fail @ compile time if forget) still seems fragile.

same code others, went effort, going damn post (the difference didn't want ".object" stuck on end).

    public class class1 { }     public class class2 : class1 { }     public class class3 : class2 { }      private void button1_click(object sender, eventargs e)     {         class3 c3 = new class3();         console.writeline(typetostring(c3.gettype()));     }      private string typetostring(type t)     {         if (t == null)             return "";         if ((t.basetype == null) || (t.basetype == typeof(object)))             return t.name;         return typetostring(t.basetype) + "." + t.name;     }