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AttributeDescription

The AttributeDescription class represents an attribute description object.

The AttributeDescription class is derived from the System.Object class.

Public Methods

The AttributeDescription class has the following public methods.

Method Description
Equals(Object)

GetHashCode()

GetType()

ToString()

Public Properties

The AttributeDescription class defines the following public properties.

Property Description
DataType Data type: AttributeType
Access type: Read-only

Retrieves one of the AttributeType values that identifies the attribute datatype.

IsAnchor Data type: Boolean
Access type: Read-only

Retrieves a bool value that indicates if the attribute is an anchor.

IsMultiValued Data type: Boolean
Access type: Read-only

Retrieves a bool value that indicates if the attribute is multi-valued.

Name Data type: String
Access type: Read-only

Retrieves the name of the attribute.

Protected Constructors

The AttributeDescription class has the following protected constructor.

Constructor Description
AttributeDescription()

Protected Methods

The AttributeDescription class has the following protected methods.

Method Description
Finalize()

MemberwiseClone()

Remarks

To get the attributes on an object—for example, through the WriteLine method— you must declare the TypeDescriptionCollection in order to have access to the AttributeDescription objects. For more information and a code example, see TypeDescription.

Requirements

Product Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 SP1
Namespace Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices
Assembly Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices
.NET Framework .NET Framework 2.0

See Also

AttributeType
Type Class

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