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Attribute::GetCustomAttributes Method (Module^, Type^, Boolean)

 

Retrieves an array of the custom attributes applied to a module. Parameters specify the module, the type of the custom attribute to search for, and an ignored search option.

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

public:
static array<Attribute^>^ GetCustomAttributes(
	Module^ element,
	Type^ attributeType,
	bool inherit
)

Parameters

element
Type: System.Reflection::Module^

An object derived from the Module class that describes a portable executable file.

attributeType
Type: System::Type^

The type, or a base type, of the custom attribute to search for.

inherit
Type: System::Boolean

This parameter is ignored, and does not affect the operation of this method.

Return Value

Type: array<System::Attribute^>^

An Attribute array that contains the custom attributes of type attributeType applied to element, or an empty array if no such custom attributes exist.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

element or attributeType is null.

ArgumentException

attributeType is not derived from Attribute.

The return value contains the custom attributes for ancestors of element if inherit is true.

The following code example demonstrates the use of GetCustomAttributes, taking a Module as a parameter.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;

// Assign some attributes to the module.
// Set the module's CLSCompliant attribute to false
// The CLSCompliant attribute is applicable for /target:module.
[module:Description("A sample description")];
[module:CLSCompliant(false)];
namespace CustAttrs2CS
{
   ref class DemoClass
   {
   public:
      static void Main()
      {
         Type^ clsType = DemoClass::typeid;

         // Get the Module type to access its metadata.
         Module^ module = clsType->Module;

         // Iterate through all the attributes for the module.
         System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum1 = Attribute::GetCustomAttributes( module )->GetEnumerator();
         while ( myEnum1->MoveNext() )
         {
            Attribute^ attr = safe_cast<Attribute^>(myEnum1->Current);

            // Check for the Description attribute.
            if ( attr->GetType() == DescriptionAttribute::typeid )
                        Console::WriteLine( "Module {0} has the description \"{1}\".", module->Name, (dynamic_cast<DescriptionAttribute^>(attr))->Description );
            // Check for the CLSCompliant attribute.
            else

            // Check for the CLSCompliant attribute.
            if ( attr->GetType() == CLSCompliantAttribute::typeid )
                        Console::WriteLine( "Module {0} {1} CLSCompliant.", module->Name, (dynamic_cast<CLSCompliantAttribute^>(attr))->IsCompliant ? (String^)"is" : "is not" );
         }
      }
   };
}


/*
 * Output:
 * Module CustAttrs2CS.exe is not CLSCompliant.
 * Module CustAttrs2CS.exe has the description "A sample description".
 */

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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