Quick Tip: C# Strongly Typed Property Name

A quick and easy way to use a type safe (compiler-aware) lambda expresssion

public string GetPropertyName<TSource, TResult>(Expression<Func<TSource, TResult>> propertyExpression)

{

var memberExpression = propertyExpression.Body as MemberExpression;

return memberExpression != null ? memberExpression.Member.Name : null;

}



Then call

GetPropertyName<LocalGovernment, string>(x => x.LocalGovernmentName)





Originally found here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1417383/how-to-get-properties-names-from-object-parameter