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)

static member GetCustomAttributes : 
        element:Assembly -> Attribute[]

Parameters

element
Type: System.Reflection.Assembly

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

Return Value

Type: 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.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.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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