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ParameterInfo::IsDefined Method (Type^, Boolean)

 

Determines whether the custom attribute of the specified type or its derived types is applied to this parameter.

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

public:
virtual bool IsDefined(
	Type^ attributeType,
	bool inherit
)

Parameters

attributeType
Type: System::Type^

The Type object to search for.

inherit
Type: System::Boolean

This argument is ignored for objects of this type. See Remarks.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if one or more instances of attributeType or its derived types are applied to this parameter; otherwise, false.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

attributeType is null.

ArgumentException

attributeType is not a Type object supplied by the common language runtime.

This method ignores the inherit parameter. To search the inheritance chain for attributes on parameters, use the appropriate overloads of the Attribute::IsDefined method.

The following example defines two custom attributes, MyAttribute and MyDerivedAttribute. MyDerivedAttribute is derived from MyAttribute. The example then applies these attributes to the parameters of a method of an example class.

When the example is run, it uses the IsDefined method to test all parameters of all methods in the example class. It then displays the parameters that have MyAttribute or MyDerivedAttribute.

// System::Reflection::ParameterInfo::GetCustomAttributes(Type, bool)
// System::Reflection::ParameterInfo::IsDefined(Type, bool)
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

// Define a custom attribute with one named parameter.
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::Parameter)]
public ref class MyAttribute: public Attribute
{
private:
   String^ myName;

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

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

// Derive another custom attribute from MyAttribute.
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::Parameter)]
public ref class MyDerivedAttribute: public MyAttribute
{
public:
   MyDerivedAttribute( String^ name ) : MyAttribute( name ) {}
};

// Define a class with a method that has three parameters. Apply
// MyAttribute to one parameter, MyDerivedAttribute to another, and
// no attributes to the third. 
public ref class MyClass1
{
public:
   void MyMethod( [MyAttribute("This is an example parameter attribute")] 
                  int i,
                  [MyDerivedAttribute("This is another parameter attribute")] 
                  int j,
                  int k ){}
};

void main()
{
   // Get the type of the class 'MyClass1'.
   Type^ myType = MyClass1::typeid;

   // Get the members associated with the class 'MyClass1'.
   array<MethodInfo^>^myMethods = myType->GetMethods();

   // For each method of the class 'MyClass1', display all the parameters
   // to which MyAttribute or its derived types have been applied.
   for each ( MethodInfo^ mi in myMethods )
   {
      // Get the parameters for the method.
      array<ParameterInfo^>^ myParameters = mi->GetParameters();
      if ( myParameters->Length > 0 )
      {
         Console::WriteLine("\nThe following parameters of {0} have MyAttribute or a derived type:", mi);
         for each ( ParameterInfo^ pi in myParameters)
         {
            if (pi->IsDefined(MyAttribute::typeid, false))
            {
               Console::WriteLine("Parameter {0}, name = {1}, type = {2}", 
                  pi->Position, pi->Name, pi->ParameterType);
            }
         }
      }
   }
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

The following parameters of Void MyMethod(Int32, Int32, Int32) have MyAttribute or a derived type:
Parameter 0, name = i, type = System.Int32
Parameter 1, name = j, type = System.Int32

The following parameters of Boolean Equals(System.Object) have MyAttribute or a derived type:
 */

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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