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LogicalMethodInfo::CustomAttributeProvider Property

Gets the custom attributes applied to the method.

Namespace:  System.Web.Services.Protocols
Assembly:  System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)

public:
property ICustomAttributeProvider^ CustomAttributeProvider {
	ICustomAttributeProvider^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Reflection::ICustomAttributeProvider
An ICustomAttributeProvider representing the custom attributes for the method.


#using <System.Web.Services.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Web::Services::Protocols;

// Define a custom attribute with one named parameter.

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::Method|AttributeTargets::ReturnValue,
AllowMultiple=true)]
public ref class MyAttribute: public Attribute
{
private:
   String^ myName;

public:
   MyAttribute( String^ name )
   {
      myName = name;
   }

   property String^ Name 
   {
      String^ get()
      {
         return myName;
      }
   }
};

public ref class MyService
{
public:

   [MyAttribute("This is the first sample attribute")]
   [MyAttribute("This is the second sample attribute")]
   [returnvalue:MyAttribute("This is the return sample attribute")]
   int Add( int xValue, int yValue )
   {
      return (xValue + yValue);
   }
};

int main()
{
   Type^ myType = MyService::typeid;
   MethodInfo^ myMethodInfo = myType->GetMethod( "Add" );

   // Create a synchronous 'LogicalMethodInfo' instance.
   array<MethodInfo^>^temparray = {myMethodInfo};
   LogicalMethodInfo^ myLogicalMethodInfo = (LogicalMethodInfo::Create( temparray, LogicalMethodTypes::Sync ))[ 0 ];

   // Display the method for which the attributes are being displayed.
   Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying the attributes for the method : {0}\n", myLogicalMethodInfo->MethodInfo );

   // Displaying a custom attribute of type 'MyAttribute'
   Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying attribute of type 'MyAttribute'\n" );
   Object^ attribute = myLogicalMethodInfo->GetCustomAttribute( MyAttribute::typeid );
   Console::WriteLine( (dynamic_cast<MyAttribute^>(attribute))->Name );

   // Display all custom attribute of type 'MyAttribute'.
   Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying all attributes of type 'MyAttribute'\n" );
   array<Object^>^attributes = myLogicalMethodInfo->GetCustomAttributes( MyAttribute::typeid );
   for ( int i = 0; i < attributes->Length; i++ )
      Console::WriteLine( (dynamic_cast<MyAttribute^>(attributes[ i ]))->Name );

   // Display all return attributes of type 'MyAttribute'.
   Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying all return attributes of type 'MyAttribute'\n" );
   ICustomAttributeProvider^ myCustomAttributeProvider = myLogicalMethodInfo->ReturnTypeCustomAttributeProvider;
   if ( myCustomAttributeProvider->IsDefined( MyAttribute::typeid, true ) )
   {
      attributes = myCustomAttributeProvider->GetCustomAttributes( true );
      for ( int i = 0; i < attributes->Length; i++ )
         if ( attributes[ i ]->GetType()->Equals( MyAttribute::typeid ) )
                  Console::WriteLine( (dynamic_cast<MyAttribute^>(attributes[ i ]))->Name );
   }

   // Display all the custom attributes of type 'MyAttribute'.
   Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying all attributes of type 'MyAttribute'\n" );
   myCustomAttributeProvider = myLogicalMethodInfo->CustomAttributeProvider;
   if ( myCustomAttributeProvider->IsDefined( MyAttribute::typeid, true ) )
   {
      attributes = myCustomAttributeProvider->GetCustomAttributes( true );
      for ( int i = 0; i < attributes->Length; i++ )
         if ( attributes[ i ]->GetType()->Equals( MyAttribute::typeid ) )
                  Console::WriteLine( (dynamic_cast<MyAttribute^>(attributes[ i ]))->Name );
   }
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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