Caller Information Attributes

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C.I.A.s are intended as a simple way of getting attributes from whatever is calling the targeted method. There is really only 1 way to use them and there are only 3 attributes.

Example:

//This is the "calling method": the method that is calling the target method
public void doProcess()
{
    GetMessageCallerAttributes("Show my attributes.");
}
//This is the target method
//There are only 3 caller attributes
public void GetMessageCallerAttributes(string message,
    //gets the name of what is calling this method
    [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerMemberName] string memberName = "",
    //gets the path of the file in which the "calling method" is in
    [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerFilePath] string sourceFilePath = "",
    //gets the line number of the "calling method"
    [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerLineNumber] int sourceLineNumber = 0)
{
    //Writes lines of all the attributes
    System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Message: " + message);
    System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Member: " + memberName);
    System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Source File Path: " + sourceFilePath);
    System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Line Number: " + sourceLineNumber);
}

Example Output:

//Message: Show my attributes.
//Member: doProcess
//Source File Path: c:\Path\To\The\File
//Line Number: 13

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