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Attribute::GetCustomAttributes Method (Assembly^)

 

Retrieves an array of the custom attributes applied to an assembly. A parameter specifies the assembly.

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

public:
static array<Attribute^>^ GetCustomAttributes(
	Assembly^ element
)

Parameters

element
Type: System.Reflection::Assembly^

An object derived from the Assembly class that describes a reusable collection of modules.

Return Value

Type: array<System::Attribute^>^

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

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

element is null.

System_CAPS_noteNote

Starting with the .NET Framework version 2.0, this method returns security attributes if the attributes are stored in the new metadata format. Assemblies compiled with version 2.0 or later use the new format. Dynamic assemblies and assemblies compiled with earlier versions of the .NET Framework use the old XML format. See Emitting Declarative Security Attributes.

The following example retrieves the custom attributes found in the current assembly.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

[assembly:AssemblyTitle("CustAttrs1CPP")];
[assembly:AssemblyDescription("GetCustomAttributes() Demo")];
[assembly:AssemblyCompany("Microsoft")];

ref class Example
{};

static void main()
{
    Type^ clsType = Example::typeid;

    // Get the Assembly type to access its metadata.
    Assembly^ assy = clsType->Assembly;

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

       // Check for the AssemblyTitle attribute.
       if ( attr->GetType() == AssemblyTitleAttribute::typeid )
          Console::WriteLine( "Assembly title is \"{0}\".", (dynamic_cast<AssemblyTitleAttribute^>(attr))->Title );
          // Check for the AssemblyDescription attribute.
       else
          // Check for the AssemblyDescription attribute.
          if ( attr->GetType() == AssemblyDescriptionAttribute::typeid )
             Console::WriteLine( "Assembly description is \"{0}\".", (dynamic_cast<AssemblyDescriptionAttribute^>(attr))->Description );
          // Check for the AssemblyCompany attribute.
          else if ( attr->GetType() == AssemblyCompanyAttribute::typeid )
             Console::WriteLine( "Assembly company is {0}.", (dynamic_cast<AssemblyCompanyAttribute^>(attr))->Company );
    }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//     Assembly description is "GetCustomAttributes() Demo".
//     Assembly company is Microsoft.
//     Assembly title is "CustAttrs1CPP".

.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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