System.Reflection Namespace


.NET Framework Class Library
DefaultMemberAttribute Class

Defines the member of a type that is the default member used by InvokeMember.

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

Visual Basic (Declaration)
<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class Or AttributeTargets.Struct Or AttributeTargets.Interface)> _
Public NotInheritable Class DefaultMemberAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DefaultMemberAttribute
C#
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct|AttributeTargets.Interface)]
public sealed class DefaultMemberAttribute : Attribute
Visual C++
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Class|AttributeTargets::Struct|AttributeTargets::Interface)]
public ref class DefaultMemberAttribute sealed : public Attribute
JScript
public final class DefaultMemberAttribute extends Attribute
Remarks

A property is imported as an indexer (default indexed property in Visual Basic) if the property has arguments and if the name of the property or one of its accessors matches the name specified by the DefaultMemberAttribute. If the DefaultMemberAttribute is not present on the containing type, then the type does not have an indexer. The C# compiler emits the DefaultMemberAttribute on any type containing an indexer. In C# it is an error to manually attribute a type with the DefaultMemberAttribute if the type also declares an indexer.

Examples

The following example uses the DefaultMemberAttribute attribute to make the Age property the default member of the MyClass class.

Visual Basic
Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

<DefaultMemberAttribute("Age")> Public Class [MyClass]

    Public Sub Name(ByVal s As String)
    End Sub 'Name

    Public ReadOnly Property Age() As Integer
        Get
            Return 20
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            Dim myType As Type = GetType([MyClass])
            Dim memberInfoArray As MemberInfo() = myType.GetDefaultMembers()
            If memberInfoArray.Length > 0 Then
                Dim memberInfoObj As MemberInfo
                For Each memberInfoObj In memberInfoArray
                    Console.WriteLine("The default member name is: " + memberInfoObj.ToString())
                Next memberInfoObj
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("No default members are available.")
            End If
        Catch e As InvalidOperationException
            Console.WriteLine("InvalidOperationException: " + e.Message)
        Catch e As IOException
            Console.WriteLine("IOException: " + e.Message)
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub 'Main
End Class '[MyClass]
C#
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Age")]   
public class MyClass
{
    public void Name(String s) {}
    public int Age
    {
        get
        {
            return 20;
        }
    }
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            Type  myType = typeof(MyClass);
            MemberInfo[] memberInfoArray = myType.GetDefaultMembers();
            if (memberInfoArray.Length > 0)
            {
                foreach(MemberInfo memberInfoObj in memberInfoArray)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("The default member name is: " + memberInfoObj.ToString());
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No default members are available."); 
            }
        }
        catch(InvalidOperationException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("InvalidOperationException: " + e.Message);
        }
        catch(IOException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("IOException: " + e.Message);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message);
        }
    }
}
Visual C++
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::IO;

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Age")]
public ref class MyClass
{
public:
   void Name( String^ s ){}


   property int Age 
   {
      int get()
      {
         return 20;
      }

   }

};

int main()
{
   try
   {
      Type^ myType = MyClass::typeid;
      array<MemberInfo^>^memberInfoArray = myType->GetDefaultMembers();
      if ( memberInfoArray->Length > 0 )
      {
         System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = memberInfoArray->GetEnumerator();
         while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
         {
            MemberInfo^ memberInfoObj = safe_cast<MemberInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
            Console::WriteLine( "The default member name is: {0}", memberInfoObj );
         }
      }
      else
      {
         Console::WriteLine( "No default members are available." );
      }
   }
   catch ( InvalidOperationException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "InvalidOperationException: {0}", e->Message );
   }
   catch ( IOException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "IOException: {0}", e->Message );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception: {0}", e->Message );
   }
}
Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System..::.Attribute
    System.Reflection..::.DefaultMemberAttribute
Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
See Also

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