ReadOnlyAttribute Class
Specifies whether the property this attribute is bound to is read-only or read/write. This class cannot be inherited
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Members that are marked with the ReadOnlyAttribute set to true or that do not have a Set method cannot be changed. Members that do not have this attribute or that are marked with the ReadOnlyAttribute set to false are read/write, and they can be changed. The default is No.
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The PropertyDescriptor class enforces the ReadOnlyAttribute in the design environment and at run time. When you mark a property with the ReadOnlyAttribute set to true, the value of this attribute is set to the constant member Yes. For a property marked with the ReadOnlyAttribute set to false, the value is No. Therefore, when you want to check the value of this attribute in your code, you must specify the attribute as ReadOnlyAttribute.Yes or ReadOnlyAttribute.No. |
For more information, see Attributes Overview and Extending Metadata Using Attributes.
The following code example marks a property as read-only.
The next code example shows how to check the value of the ReadOnlyAttribute for MyProperty. First, the code gets a PropertyDescriptorCollection with all the properties for the object. Next, it indexes into the PropertyDescriptorCollection to get MyProperty. Then it returns the attributes for this property and saves them in the attributes variable.
The example presents two different ways of checking the value of the ReadOnlyAttribute. In the second code fragment, the example calls the Equals method. In the last code fragment, the example uses the IsReadOnly property to check the value.
' Gets the attributes for the property. Dim attributes As AttributeCollection = _ TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Me)("MyProperty").Attributes ' Checks to see whether the value of the ReadOnlyAttribute is Yes. If attributes(GetType(ReadOnlyAttribute)).Equals(ReadOnlyAttribute.Yes) Then ' Insert code here. End If ' This is another way to see whether the property is read-only. Dim myAttribute As ReadOnlyAttribute = _ CType(attributes(GetType(ReadOnlyAttribute)), ReadOnlyAttribute) If myAttribute.IsReadOnly Then ' Insert code here. End If
If you marked a class with the ReadOnlyAttribute, use the following code example to check the value.
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