EnumBuilder.IsDefined(Type, Boolean) Method

Definition

Checks if the specified custom attribute type is defined.

C#
public override bool IsDefined(Type attributeType, bool inherit);

Parameters

attributeType
Type

The Type object to which the custom attributes are applied.

inherit
Boolean

Specifies whether to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes.

Returns

true if one or more instance of attributeType is defined on this member; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

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

Remarks

As a workaround, to check if a custom attribute is defined for a finished type, retrieve the type using GetType and call GetCustomAttributes on the returned Type.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided), 2.1