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Attribute.GetCustomAttributes Method (Assembly, Type, Boolean)

.NET Framework 1.1

Retrieves an array of the custom attributes of a specified type applied to a specified assembly or optionally inherited from a base class.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Shared Function GetCustomAttributes( _
   ByVal element As Assembly, _
   ByVal attributeType As Type, _
   ByVal inherit As Boolean _
) As Attribute()
[C#]
public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(
 Assembly element,
 Type attributeType,
 bool inherit
);
[C++]
public: static Attribute* GetCustomAttributes(
 Assembly* element,
 Type* attributeType,
 bool inherit
) [];
[JScript]
public static function GetCustomAttributes(
   element : Assembly,
 attributeType : Type,
 inherit : Boolean
) : Attribute[];

Parameters

element: An object derived from class Assembly that describes a reusable, versionable, collection of modules.
attributeType: The Type object to which the custom attributes are applied.
inherit: This parameter is ignored, and does not affect the operation of this method.

Return Value

An Attribute array containing the custom attributes of type attributeType applied to element.

-or-

An empty array if no such custom attributes exist.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	element or attributeType is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	attributeType is not derived from Attribute.

Remarks

Return value contains the custom attributes for ancestors of element if inherit is true.

Requirements