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Attribute.GetCustomAttributes Method (Module)

Retrieves an array of the custom attributes applied to a module. A parameter specifies the module.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(
	Module element
)

Parameters

element
Type: System.Reflection.Module

An object derived from the Module class that describes a portable executable file.

Return Value

Type: System.Attribute[]
An Attribute array that contains the custom attributes applied to element, or an empty array if no such custom attributes exist.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

element is null.

The following code example demonstrates the use of GetCustomAttributes, taking a Module as a parameter.

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.ComponentModel;

// Assign some attributes to the module.
[module:Description("A sample description")]

// Set the module's CLSCompliant attribute to false 
// The CLSCompliant attribute is applicable for /target:module.
[module:CLSCompliant(false)]

namespace CustAttrs2CS {
    class DemoClass {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            Type clsType = typeof(DemoClass);
            // Get the Module type to access its metadata.
            Module module = clsType.Module;

            // Iterate through all the attributes for the module. 
            foreach(Attribute attr in Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(module)) {
                // Check for the Description attribute. 
                if (attr.GetType() == typeof(DescriptionAttribute))
                    Console.WriteLine("Module {0} has the description " +
                        "\"{1}\".", module.Name, 
                        ((DescriptionAttribute)attr).Description);
                // Check for the CLSCompliant attribute. 
                else if (attr.GetType() == typeof(CLSCompliantAttribute))
                    Console.WriteLine("Module {0} {1} CLSCompliant.",
                        module.Name,
                        ((CLSCompliantAttribute)attr).IsCompliant ? 
                            "is" : "is not");
            }
        }
    }
}

/*
 * Output:
 * Module CustAttrs2CS.exe is not CLSCompliant.
 * Module CustAttrs2CS.exe has the description "A sample description".
 */

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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