PropertyAttributes Enumeration
Defines the attributes that can be associated with a property. These attribute values are defined in corhdr.h.
This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.
Namespace: System.ReflectionAssembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | None | Specifies that no attributes are associated with a property. |
![]() | SpecialName | Specifies that the property is special, with the name describing how the property is special. |
![]() | ReservedMask | Specifies a flag reserved for runtime use only. |
![]() | RTSpecialName | Specifies that the metadata internal APIs check the name encoding. |
![]() | HasDefault | Specifies that the property has a default value. |
![]() | Reserved2 | Reserved. |
![]() | Reserved3 | Reserved. |
![]() | Reserved4 | Reserved. |
The following example builds three properties and displays the PropertyAttributes enumerated value. Note that the read-only property has no setter and thus cannot be changed by.Caption = statement.
Imports System Imports System.Reflection Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic ' Make three properties, one read-write, one default, ' and one read-only. Public Class Aproperty ' Define a read-write property. Private myCaption As String = "A Default caption" Public Property Caption() As String Get Return myCaption End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) If myCaption <> value Then myCaption = value End If End Set End Property End Class Public Class Bproperty ' Define a default property. Private myCaption As String = "B Default caption" Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal index As Integer) As String Get Return "1" End Get End Property Public Property Caption() As String Get Return myCaption End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) If myCaption <> value Then myCaption = value End If End Set End Property End Class Public Class Cproperty ' Define a read-only property. Private myCaption As String = "C Default caption" Public ReadOnly Property Caption() As String Get Return myCaption End Get 'No setting is allowed because this property is read-only. End Property End Class Class propertyattributesenum Public Shared Function Main() As Integer Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.CrLf & "Reflection.PropertyAttributes") ' Determine whether a property exists, and change its value. Dim Mypropertya As New Aproperty() Dim Mypropertyb As New Bproperty() Dim Mypropertyc As New Cproperty() Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & "1. Mypropertya.Caption = " & _ Mypropertya.Caption) Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & "1. Mypropertyb.Caption = " & _ Mypropertyb.Caption) Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & "1. Mypropertyc.Caption = " & _ Mypropertyc.Caption) ' Only Mypropertya can be changed because Mypropertyb is read-only. Mypropertya.Caption = "A- This is changed." Mypropertyb.Caption = "B- This is changed." ' Note that Mypropertyc is not changed, because it is read-only. Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & ControlChars.CrLf & _ "2. Mypropertya.Caption = " & Mypropertya.Caption) Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & "2. Mypropertyb.Caption = " & _ Mypropertyb.Caption) Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf + "2. Mypropertyc.Caption = " & _ Mypropertyc.Caption) ' Get the PropertyAttributes Enumeration of the property. ' Get the type. Dim MyTypea As Type = Type.GetType("Aproperty") Dim MyTypeb As Type = Type.GetType("Bproperty") Dim MyTypec As Type = Type.GetType("Cproperty") ' Get the property attributes. Dim Mypropertyinfoa As PropertyInfo = MyTypea.GetProperty("Caption") Dim Myattributesa As PropertyAttributes = Mypropertyinfoa.Attributes Dim Mypropertyinfob As PropertyInfo = MyTypeb.GetProperty("Item") Dim Myattributesb As PropertyAttributes = Mypropertyinfob.Attributes Dim Mypropertyinfoc As PropertyInfo = MyTypec.GetProperty("Caption") Dim Myattributesc As PropertyAttributes = Mypropertyinfoc.Attributes ' Display the property attributes value. Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & ControlChars.CrLf & "a- " & _ Myattributesa.ToString()) Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & "b- " & Myattributesb.ToString()) Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf & "c- " & Myattributesc.ToString()) Return 0 End Function' End Function End Class ' This example displays the following output to the console ' ' Reflection.PropertyAttributes ' ' 1. Mypropertya.Caption = A Default caption ' 1. Mypropertyb.Caption = B Default caption ' 1. Mypropertyc.Caption = C Default caption ' ' 2. Mypropertya.Caption = A- This is changed. ' 2. Mypropertyb.Caption = B- This is changed. ' 2. Mypropertyc.Caption = C Default caption ' ' a- None ' b- None ' c- None
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
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