FieldBuilder.Attributes Property

Definition

Indicates the attributes of this field. This property is read-only.

C#
public override System.Reflection.FieldAttributes Attributes { get; }

Property Value

The attributes of this field.

Remarks

The following code sample illustrates the use of Attributes.

C#
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using System.Security.Permissions;

public class FieldBuilder_Sample
{
   private static Type CreateType(AppDomain currentDomain)
   {

      // Create an assembly.
      AssemblyName myAssemblyName = new AssemblyName();
      myAssemblyName.Name = "DynamicAssembly";
      AssemblyBuilder myAssembly =
         currentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAssemblyName,AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);
      // Create a dynamic module in Dynamic Assembly.
      ModuleBuilder myModuleBuilder=myAssembly.DefineDynamicModule("MyModule");
      // Define a public class named "MyClass" in the assembly.
      TypeBuilder myTypeBuilder= myModuleBuilder.DefineType("MyClass",TypeAttributes.Public);

      // Define a private String field named "MyField" in the type.
      FieldBuilder myFieldBuilder= myTypeBuilder.DefineField("MyField",
         typeof(string),FieldAttributes.Private|FieldAttributes.Static);
      // Create the constructor.
      Type[] constructorArgs = { typeof(String) };
      ConstructorBuilder myConstructor = myTypeBuilder.DefineConstructor(
         MethodAttributes.Public, CallingConventions.Standard, constructorArgs);
      ILGenerator constructorIL = myConstructor.GetILGenerator();
      constructorIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
      ConstructorInfo superConstructor = typeof(Object).GetConstructor(new Type[0]);
      constructorIL.Emit(OpCodes.Call, superConstructor);
      constructorIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
      constructorIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_1);
      constructorIL.Emit(OpCodes.Stfld, myFieldBuilder);
      constructorIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

      // Create the MyMethod method.
      MethodBuilder myMethodBuilder= myTypeBuilder.DefineMethod("MyMethod",
         MethodAttributes.Public,typeof(String),null);
      ILGenerator methodIL = myMethodBuilder.GetILGenerator();
      methodIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
      methodIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldfld, myFieldBuilder);
      methodIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);
      if (myFieldBuilder.Attributes.Equals(FieldAttributes.Static))
      {
            Console.WriteLine("Field attribute defined as Static");
      }
      else if(myFieldBuilder.Attributes.Equals(FieldAttributes.Static|FieldAttributes.Private))
      {
         Console.WriteLine("Field attributes are Static and Private");
      }
      Console.WriteLine("ReflectedType of Field is: " + myFieldBuilder.ReflectedType);

      return myTypeBuilder.CreateType();
   }

   public static void Main()
   {
      Type myType = CreateType(Thread.GetDomain());
      // Create an instance of the "HelloWorld" class.
      Object helloWorld = Activator.CreateInstance(myType, new Object[] { "HelloWorld" });
      // Invoke the "MyMethod"  of the "MyClass".
      Object myObject  = myType.InvokeMember("MyMethod",
         BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, helloWorld, null);
      Console.WriteLine("MyClass.MyMethod returned: \"" + myObject + "\"");
   }
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, 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