_MethodBase.GetCustomAttributes Method

Definition

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetCustomAttributes method.

Overloads

GetCustomAttributes(Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetCustomAttributes(Boolean) method.

GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean) method.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code and should not be called from managed code.

The GetCustomAttributes members return all attributes applied to this member.

GetCustomAttributes(Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetCustomAttributes(Boolean) method.

C#
public object[] GetCustomAttributes(bool inherit);

Parameters

inherit
Boolean

true to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes; otherwise, false.

Returns

Object[]

An array that contains all the custom attributes, or an array with zero (0) elements if no attributes are defined.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code and should not be called from managed code.

The GetCustomAttributes method returns an array containing all the custom attributes.

Applies to

.NET Framework 4.8.1 and other versions
Product Versions
.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

GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean) method.

C#
public object[] GetCustomAttributes(Type attributeType, bool inherit);

Parameters

attributeType
Type

The type of attribute to search for. Only attributes that are assignable to this type are returned.

inherit
Boolean

true to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes; otherwise, false.

Returns

Object[]

An array of custom attributes applied to this member, or an array with zero (0) elements if no attributes have been applied.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code and should not be called from managed code.

The GetCustomAttributes method returns an array of custom attributes identified by Type.

Applies to

.NET Framework 4.8.1 and other versions
Product Versions
.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