MemberInfo::IsDefined Method
Updated: January 2010
When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether one or more attributes of the specified type or of its derived types is applied to this member.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- attributeType
- Type: System::Type
The type of custom attribute to search for. The search includes derived types.
- inherit
- Type: System::Boolean
true to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes; otherwise, false. This parameter is ignored for properties and events; see Remarks.
Return Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if one or more instances of attributeType or any of its derived types is applied to this member; otherwise, false.
Implements
ICustomAttributeProvider::IsDefined(Type, Boolean)_MemberInfo::IsDefined(Type, Boolean)
This method ignores the inherit parameter for properties and events. To search the inheritance chain for attributes on properties and events, use the appropriate overloads of the Attribute::IsDefined method.
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In the .NET Framework version 2.0, this method returns true if a type, method, or constructor 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. |
The following example determines whether the specified attribute is applied to the specified member.
using namespace System; using namespace System::Reflection; // Define a custom attribute with one named parameter. [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::All)] public ref class MyAttribute: public Attribute { private: String^ myName; public: MyAttribute( String^ name ) { myName = name; } property String^ Name { String^ get() { return myName; } } }; // Define a class that has the custom attribute associated with one of its members. public ref class MyClass1 { public: [MyAttribute("This is an example attribute.")] void MyMethod( int i ){} }; int main() { try { // Get the type of MyClass1. Type^ myType = MyClass1::typeid; // Get the members associated with MyClass1. array<MemberInfo^>^myMembers = myType->GetMembers(); // Display the attributes for each of the members of MyClass1. for ( int i = 0; i < myMembers->Length; i++ ) { // Display the attribute if it is of type MyAttribute. if ( myMembers[ i ]->IsDefined( MyAttribute::typeid, false ) ) { array<Object^>^myAttributes = myMembers[ i ]->GetCustomAttributes( MyAttribute::typeid, false ); Console::WriteLine( "\nThe attributes of type MyAttribute for the member {0} are: \n", myMembers[ i ] ); for ( int j = 0; j < myAttributes->Length; j++ ) // Display the value associated with the attribute. Console::WriteLine( "The value of the attribute is : \"{0}\"", (safe_cast<MyAttribute^>(myAttributes[ j ]))->Name ); } } } catch ( Exception^ e ) { Console::WriteLine( "An exception occurred: {0}", e->Message ); } }
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