Chapter 18. Custom Attributes
In this chapter:
Defining Your Own Attribute Class
Attribute Constructor and Field/Property Data Types
Detecting the Use of a Custom Attribute
Matching Two Attribute Instances Against Each Other
Detecting the Use of a Custom Attribute Without Creating Attribute-Derived Objects
In this chapter, I’ll discuss one of the most innovative features the Microsoft .NET Framework has to offer: custom attributes. Custom attributes allow you to declaratively annotate your code constructs, thereby enabling special features. Custom attributes allow information to be defined and applied to almost any metadata table entry. This extensible metadata information can be queried at run time ...
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