ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute Class

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Specifies that an assembly is a reference assembly that contains contracts.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Diagnostics.Contracts.ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics.Contracts
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly)> _
Public NotInheritable Class ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly)]
public sealed class ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute : Attribute

The ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute	Initializes a new instance of the ContractReferenceAssemblyAttribute class.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

A contract reference assembly is named assembly.Contracts.dll, where assembly is the name of the assembly from which the contracts were extracted. A contract reference assembly contains the publicly visible interface of an assembly and its contracts, but contains no code. Contract reference assemblies are used both by the runtime analyzer to inherit contracts across assemblies, and during static verification to discover contracts on methods and types from assemblies outside the assembly that is under analysis.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Diagnostics.Contracts Namespace