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EnumBuilder.GetCustomAttributes Method (Type, Boolean)

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Returns the custom attributes identified by the given type.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetCustomAttributes ( _
    attributeType As Type, _
    inherit As Boolean _
) As Object()

public override Object[] GetCustomAttributes(
    Type attributeType,
    bool inherit
)

Parameters

  • attributeType
    Type: System.Type
    The Type object to which the custom attributes are applied.
  • inherit
    Type: System.Boolean
    Specifies whether to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes.

Return Value

Type: array<System.Object[]
Returns an array of objects representing the attributes of this constructor that are of TypeattributeType.

Implements

ICustomAttributeProvider.GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean)

Exceptions

Exception Condition
NotSupportedException

This method is not currently supported in types that are not complete.

Remarks

As a workaround, to retrieve the custom attributes of a finished type, retrieve the type using Type.GetType and call MemberInfo.GetCustomAttributes on the returned Type.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.