Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Attributes

Attributes are classes derived from the System.Attribute class. They give declarative information to objects or members they are applied to, providing the capability to change their behavior. Applying an attribute is also known as decorating or marking a member.

Attributes are basically class instances. You can apply attributes by enclosing their names within < > symbols. Moreover, they can receive arguments. The following are examples of decorating members with attributes:

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<Serializable()> Class TestEnd Class<CLSCompliant(True)> Class TestEnd Class

In these snippets, the Serializable attribute creates a new instance of the System.SerializableAttribute class, which indicates to the compiler that the decorated ...