EnumBuilder.SetCustomAttribute Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection.Emit

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Reflection.Emit.dll

Sets custom attributes for this constructor.

Overloads

SetCustomAttribute(ConstructorInfo, Byte[])	Sets a custom attribute using a specified custom attribute blob.
SetCustomAttribute(CustomAttributeBuilder)	Sets a custom attribute using a custom attribute builder.

SetCustomAttribute(ConstructorInfo, Byte[])

Source:

EnumBuilder.cs

Sets a custom attribute using a specified custom attribute blob.

C#

public void SetCustomAttribute(System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo con, byte[] binaryAttribute);

Parameters

con

ConstructorInfo

The constructor for the custom attribute.

binaryAttribute

Byte[]

A byte blob representing the attributes.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

con or binaryAttribute is null.

Examples

The following code sample illustrates the use of SetCustomAttribute in the context of EnumBuilder, passing a byte blob.

C#

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class MyAttribute2 : Attribute
{
   public bool myBoolValue;

   public MyAttribute2(bool myBool)
   {
      this.myBoolValue = myBool;
   }
}

class MyApplication2
{
   static EnumBuilder myEnumBuilder;

   public static void Main()
   {
      try
      {
         CreateCallee(Thread.GetDomain());
         object[] myAttributesArray = myEnumBuilder.GetCustomAttributes(true);

         // Read the attributes and display them on the console.
         Console.WriteLine("Custom attribute contains: ");
         for(int index=0; index < myAttributesArray.Length; index++)
         {
            if(myAttributesArray[index] is MyAttribute2)
            {
               Console.WriteLine("myBoolValue: " +
                                       ((MyAttribute2)myAttributesArray[index]).myBoolValue);
            }
         }
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
         Console.WriteLine("The following exception is raised:" +e.Message);
      }
   }

   private static void CreateCallee(AppDomain domain)
   {
      AssemblyName myAssemblyName = new AssemblyName();
      // Create a name for the assembly.
      myAssemblyName.Name = "EmittedAssembly";

      // Create the dynamic assembly.
      AssemblyBuilder myAssemblyBuilder
                  = domain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAssemblyName, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);

      Type myType = typeof(MyAttribute2);
      ConstructorInfo myInfo = myType.GetConstructor(new Type[]{typeof(bool)});

      // Create a dynamic module.
      ModuleBuilder myModuleBuilder = myAssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule("EmittedModule");

      // Create a dynamic Enum.
      myEnumBuilder =
         myModuleBuilder.DefineEnum("MyNamespace.MyEnum", TypeAttributes.Public, typeof(Int32));

      FieldBuilder myFieldBuilder1 = myEnumBuilder.DefineLiteral("FieldOne", 1);
      FieldBuilder myFieldBuilder2 = myEnumBuilder.DefineLiteral("FieldTwo", 2);

      myEnumBuilder.CreateType();
      myEnumBuilder.SetCustomAttribute(myInfo, new byte[]{01,00,01});
   }
}

Remarks

For information on how to format binaryAttribute, see the metadata specification in Partition II of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) specification.

SetCustomAttribute(CustomAttributeBuilder)

Source:

EnumBuilder.cs

Sets a custom attribute using a custom attribute builder.

C#

public void SetCustomAttribute(System.Reflection.Emit.CustomAttributeBuilder customBuilder);

Parameters

customBuilder

CustomAttributeBuilder

An instance of a helper class to define the custom attribute.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

con is null.

Examples

The following code sample illustrates the use of SetCustomAttribute in the context of EnumBuilder, passing a CustomAttributeBuilder.

C#

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class MyAttribute2 : Attribute
{
   public bool myBoolValue;

   public MyAttribute2(bool myBool)
   {
      this.myBoolValue = myBool;
   }
}

class MyApplication2
{
   static EnumBuilder myEnumBuilder;

   public static void Main()
   {
      try
      {
         CreateCallee(Thread.GetDomain());
         object[] myAttributesArray = myEnumBuilder.GetCustomAttributes(true);

         // Read the attributes and display them on the console.
         Console.WriteLine("Custom attribute contains: ");
         for(int index=0; index < myAttributesArray.Length; index++)
         {
            if(myAttributesArray[index] is MyAttribute2)
            {
               Console.WriteLine("myBoolValue: " +
                                       ((MyAttribute2)myAttributesArray[index]).myBoolValue);
            }
         }
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
         Console.WriteLine("The following exception is raised:" +e.Message);
      }
   }

   private static void CreateCallee(AppDomain domain)
   {
      AssemblyName myAssemblyName = new AssemblyName();
      // Create a name for the assembly.
      myAssemblyName.Name = "EmittedAssembly";

      // Create the dynamic assembly.
      AssemblyBuilder myAssemblyBuilder
                  = domain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAssemblyName, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);

      Type myType = typeof(MyAttribute2);
      ConstructorInfo myInfo = myType.GetConstructor(new Type[]{typeof(bool)});

      // Create a dynamic module.
      ModuleBuilder myModuleBuilder = myAssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule("EmittedModule");

      // Create a dynamic Enum.
      myEnumBuilder =
         myModuleBuilder.DefineEnum("MyNamespace.MyEnum", TypeAttributes.Public, typeof(Int32));

      FieldBuilder myFieldBuilder1 = myEnumBuilder.DefineLiteral("FieldOne", 1);
      FieldBuilder myFieldBuilder2 = myEnumBuilder.DefineLiteral("FieldTwo", 2);

      myEnumBuilder.CreateType();
      myEnumBuilder.SetCustomAttribute(myInfo, new byte[]{01,00,01});
   }
}