CustomAttributeExtensions.GetCustomAttribute Method (MemberInfo, Type, Boolean)
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Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute( this MemberInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit )
Parameters
- element
- Type: System.Reflection.MemberInfo
The member 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.AttributeA 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 MemberInfo. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.
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