Module.IsDefined(Type, Boolean) Method

Definition

Returns a value that indicates whether the specified attribute type has been applied to this module.

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

Parameters

attributeType
Type

The type of custom attribute to test for.

inherit
Boolean

This argument is ignored for objects of this type.

Returns

true if one or more instances of attributeType have been applied to this module; otherwise, false.

Implements

Exceptions

attributeType is null.

attributeType is not a Type object supplied by the runtime. For example, attributeType is a TypeBuilder object.

Examples

The following example demonstrates a use of the IsDefined method.

C#
using System;
using System.Reflection;

//Define a module-level attribute.
[module: ReflectionModule_Examples.MySimpleAttribute("module-level")]

namespace ReflectionModule_Examples
{
    class MyMainClass
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Module[] moduleArray;
            
            moduleArray = typeof(MyMainClass).Assembly.GetModules(false);
            
            //In a simple project with only one module, the module at index
            // 0 will be the module containing these classes.
            Module myModule = moduleArray[0];

            Type myType;
            myType = myModule.GetType("ReflectionModule_Examples.MySimpleAttribute");
            Console.WriteLine("IsDefined(MySimpleAttribute) = {0}", myModule.IsDefined(myType, false));
        }
    }

    //A very simple custom attribute.
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Module)]
    public class MySimpleAttribute : Attribute
    {
        private string name;

        public MySimpleAttribute(string newName)
        {
            name = newName;
        }
    }
}

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
.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, 2.1