| Attribute Class |
Represents the base class for custom attributes.
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0
SyntaxC#
[SerializableAttribute] public abstract class Attribute : _Attribute
The Attribute type exposes the following members.
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Equals | Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Overrides ObjectEquals(Object).) |
 | GetCustomAttribute(Module, Type) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a module. Parameters specify the module, and the type of the custom attribute to search for. |
| GetCustomAttribute(Assembly, Type) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a specified assembly. Parameters specify the assembly and the type of the custom attribute to search for. |
| GetCustomAttribute(MemberInfo, Type) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a member of a type. Parameters specify the member, and the type of the custom attribute to search for. |
| GetCustomAttribute(ParameterInfo, Type) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a method parameter. Parameters specify the method parameter, and the type of the custom attribute to search for. |
| GetCustomAttribute(Module, Type, Boolean) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a module. Parameters specify the module, the type of the custom attribute to search for, and an ignored search option. |
| GetCustomAttribute(Assembly, Type, Boolean) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to an assembly. Parameters specify the assembly, the type of the custom attribute to search for, and an ignored search option. |
| GetCustomAttribute(MemberInfo, Type, Boolean) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a member of a type. Parameters specify the member, the type of the custom attribute to search for, and whether to search ancestors of the member. |
| GetCustomAttribute(ParameterInfo, Type, Boolean) | Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a method parameter. Parameters specify the method parameter, the type of the custom attribute to search for, and whether to search ancestors of the method parameter. |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides ObjectGetHashCode.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
 | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
See AlsoReference
Inheritance HierarchySystemObject
SystemAttribute
System.CodeDom.CompilerGeneratedCodeAttribute
System.ComponentModelBrowsableAttribute
System.ComponentModelCategoryAttribute
System.ComponentModelDefaultValueAttribute
System.ComponentModelDescriptionAttribute
System.ComponentModelDesignerCategoryAttribute
System.ComponentModelEditorBrowsableAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationCollectionDataContractAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationDataContractAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationDataMemberAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationEnumMemberAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationKnownTypeAttribute
System.ServiceModelMessageContractAttribute
System.ServiceModelMessageContractMemberAttribute
System.ServiceModelOperationContractAttribute
System.ServiceModelServiceContractAttribute
System.Windows.MarkupContentPropertyAttribute
System.Windows.MarkupSupportsDirectContentViaTypeFromStringConvertersAttribute
System.Windows.MarkupXmlnsDefinitionAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlArrayAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlArrayItemAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlAttributeAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlElementAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlEnumAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlIgnoreAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlIncludeAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlRootAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlSerializerVersionAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlTypeAttribute
SystemAttribute
System.CodeDom.CompilerGeneratedCodeAttribute
System.ComponentModelBrowsableAttribute
System.ComponentModelCategoryAttribute
System.ComponentModelDefaultValueAttribute
System.ComponentModelDescriptionAttribute
System.ComponentModelDesignerCategoryAttribute
System.ComponentModelEditorBrowsableAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationCollectionDataContractAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationDataContractAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationDataMemberAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationEnumMemberAttribute
System.Runtime.SerializationKnownTypeAttribute
System.ServiceModelMessageContractAttribute
System.ServiceModelMessageContractMemberAttribute
System.ServiceModelOperationContractAttribute
System.ServiceModelServiceContractAttribute
System.Windows.MarkupContentPropertyAttribute
System.Windows.MarkupSupportsDirectContentViaTypeFromStringConvertersAttribute
System.Windows.MarkupXmlnsDefinitionAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlArrayAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlArrayItemAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlAttributeAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlElementAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlEnumAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlIgnoreAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlIncludeAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlRootAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlSerializerVersionAttribute
System.Xml.SerializationXmlTypeAttribute