DependencyAttribute(String, LoadHint) Constructor

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.CompilerServices

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: DependencyAttribute.cs

Source:: DependencyAttribute.cs

Source:: DependencyAttribute.cs

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Initializes a new instance of the DependencyAttribute class with the specified LoadHint value.

public:
 DependencyAttribute(System::String ^ dependentAssemblyArgument, System::Runtime::CompilerServices::LoadHint loadHintArgument);

public DependencyAttribute (string dependentAssemblyArgument, System.Runtime.CompilerServices.LoadHint loadHintArgument);

new System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DependencyAttribute : string * System.Runtime.CompilerServices.LoadHint -> System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DependencyAttribute

Public Sub New (dependentAssemblyArgument As String, loadHintArgument As LoadHint)

Parameters

dependentAssemblyArgument: String

The dependent assembly to bind to.

loadHintArgument: LoadHint

One of the LoadHint values.

Examples

The following example specifies that the native image generation service always binds to AssemblyA and sometimes binds to AssemblyB.

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

[assembly: DependencyAttribute("AssemblyA", LoadHint.Always)]
[assembly: DependencyAttribute("AssemblyB", LoadHint.Sometimes)]

class Program
{

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        Console.WriteLine("The DependencyAttribute attribute was applied.");
    }
}

Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

<Assembly: DependencyAttribute("AssemblyA", LoadHint.Always)> 
<Assembly: DependencyAttribute("AssemblyB", LoadHint.Sometimes)> 
Module Program


    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Console.WriteLine("The DependencyAttribute attribute was applied.")
    End Sub


End Module

Remarks

The DependencyAttribute attribute gives the common language runtime hints on how tightly to bind to the dependency. The runtime uses these hints to help settle tradeoffs between lazy dependency load and efficient binding to the dependency. For example, hard binding allows the runtime to encode pointers to dependent native images, which results in a reduced working set. This attribute guides the runtime in making these decisions.

Applies to