CustomAttributeExtensions.GetCustomAttribute Method (ParameterInfo, Type, Boolean)

Other Versions

.NET Framework 4.5

May 02, 2013

Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified parameter, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that parameter.

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

Syntax

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(
	this ParameterInfo element,
	Type attributeType,
	bool inherit
)

Parameters

element: Type: System.Reflection.ParameterInfo
The parameter to inspect.

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

inherit: Type: System.Boolean
true to inspect the ancestors of element; otherwise, false.

Return Value

Type: System.Attribute
A custom attribute matching 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 ParameterInfo. 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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