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Assembly::IsDefined Method

.NET Framework 4

Indicates whether or not a specified attribute has been applied to the assembly.

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
virtual bool IsDefined(
	Type^ attributeType, 
	bool inherit
)

Parameters

attributeType: Type: System::Type
The type of the attribute to be checked for this assembly.

inherit: Type: System::Boolean
This argument is ignored for objects of this type.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the attribute has been applied to the assembly; otherwise, false.

Implements

_Assembly::IsDefined(Type, Boolean)
ICustomAttributeProvider::IsDefined(Type, Boolean)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	attributeType is nullptr.
ArgumentException	attributeType uses an invalid type.

Remarks

Note
In the .NET Framework version 2.0, this method returns true if the assembly has security attributes stored in the new metadata format. Assemblies compiled with version 2.0 use this format. Dynamic assemblies and assemblies compiled with earlier versions of the .NET Framework use the old XML format. See Emitting Declarative Security Attributes.

Examples

The following code example applies the AssemblyTitleAttribute attribute to an assembly and then uses IsDefined to indicate whether it was applied. It also tests an attribute that was not applied.

C++

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Reference

Assembly Class

System.Reflection Namespace

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