CustomAttributeExtensions.GetCustomAttribute Method (Assembly, Type)

Other Versions

.NET Framework 4.5

May 02, 2013

Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified assembly.

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

Syntax

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(
	this Assembly element,
	Type attributeType
)

Parameters

element: Type: System.Reflection.Assembly
The assembly to inspect.

attributeType: Type: System.Type
The type of attribute to search for.

Return Value

Type: System.Attribute
A custom attribute that matches attributeType, or null if no such attribute is found.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Assembly. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.0

Reference

CustomAttributeExtensions Class

GetCustomAttribute Overload

System.Reflection Namespace

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