Class CustomAttributeProviderExtensions

Provides a set of extension methods to make inspecting custom attributes easier.

Inheritance

System.Object

CustomAttributeProviderExtensions

Namespace: System.Reflection

Assembly: Nuqleon.Reflection.Virtualization.dll

Syntax

public static class CustomAttributeProviderExtensions : Object

Methods

GetCustomAttribute(IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider, Assembly, Type)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type applied to the specified assembly.

Declaration

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(this IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider provider, Assembly assembly, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	The assembly to get the custom attribute from.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attribute is to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Attribute	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

GetCustomAttribute(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Type)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get the custom attribute from.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attribute is to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Attribute	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

GetCustomAttribute(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Type, Boolean)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, Type attributeType, bool inherit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get the custom attribute from.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attribute is to be returned.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Attribute	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

GetCustomAttribute(IModuleIntrospectionProvider, Module, Type)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type applied to the specified module.

Declaration

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(this IModuleIntrospectionProvider provider, Module module, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModuleIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Module	module	The module to get the custom attribute from.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attribute is to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Attribute	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

GetCustomAttribute(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Type)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get the custom attribute from.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attribute is to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Attribute	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

GetCustomAttribute(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Type, Boolean)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, Type attributeType, bool inherit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get the custom attribute from.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attribute is to be returned.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Attribute	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

GetCustomAttribute<T>(IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider, Assembly)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type T applied to the specified assembly.

Declaration

public static T GetCustomAttribute<T>(this IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider provider, Assembly assembly)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	The assembly to get the custom attribute from.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attribute to retrieve.

GetCustomAttribute<T>(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type T applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static T GetCustomAttribute<T>(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get the custom attribute from.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attribute to retrieve.

GetCustomAttribute<T>(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Boolean)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type T applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static T GetCustomAttribute<T>(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, bool inherit)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get the custom attribute from.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attribute to retrieve.

GetCustomAttribute<T>(IModuleIntrospectionProvider, Module)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type T applied to the specified module.

Declaration

public static T GetCustomAttribute<T>(this IModuleIntrospectionProvider provider, Module module)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModuleIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Module	module	The module to get the custom attribute from.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attribute to retrieve.

GetCustomAttribute<T>(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type T applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static T GetCustomAttribute<T>(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get the custom attribute from.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attribute to retrieve.

GetCustomAttribute<T>(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Boolean)

Gets the single custom attribute of the specified type T applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static T GetCustomAttribute<T>(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, bool inherit)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get the custom attribute from.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The single applied custom attribute instance, or null if no such attribute was found.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attribute to retrieve.

GetCustomAttributes(IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider, Assembly)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified assembly.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider provider, Assembly assembly)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	The assembly to get custom attributes for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified assembly.

GetCustomAttributes(IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider, Assembly, Type)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified assembly as specified by type.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider provider, Assembly assembly, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	The assembly to get custom attributes for.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attributes are to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified assembly.

GetCustomAttributes(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified member.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get custom attributes for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified member.

GetCustomAttributes(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Boolean)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified member.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, bool inherit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get custom attributes for.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified member.

GetCustomAttributes(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Type)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified member as specified by type.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get custom attributes for.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attributes are to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified member.

GetCustomAttributes(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Type, Boolean)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified member as specified by type.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, Type attributeType, bool inherit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get custom attributes for.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attributes are to be returned.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified member.

GetCustomAttributes(IModuleIntrospectionProvider, Module)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified module.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IModuleIntrospectionProvider provider, Module module)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModuleIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Module	module	The module to get custom attributes for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified module.

GetCustomAttributes(IModuleIntrospectionProvider, Module, Type)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified module as specified by type.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IModuleIntrospectionProvider provider, Module module, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModuleIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Module	module	The module to get custom attributes for.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attributes are to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified module.

GetCustomAttributes(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get custom attributes for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified parameter.

GetCustomAttributes(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Boolean)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, bool inherit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get custom attributes for.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified parameter.

GetCustomAttributes(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Type)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified parameter as specified by type.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get custom attributes for.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attributes are to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified parameter.

GetCustomAttributes(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Type, Boolean)

Gets all the custom attributes for the specified parameter as specified by type.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<Attribute> GetCustomAttributes(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, Type attributeType, bool inherit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get custom attributes for.
System.Type	attributeType	The type for which the custom attributes are to be returned.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.Attribute>	An array that contains the custom attributes for the specified parameter.

GetCustomAttributes<T>(IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider, Assembly)

Gets the custom attributes of the specified type T applied to the specified assembly.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider provider, Assembly assembly)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	The assembly to get custom attributes from.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<T>	A read-only list of custom attribute instances.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attributes to retrieve.

GetCustomAttributes<T>(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo)

Gets the custom attributes of the specified type T applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get custom attributes from.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<T>	A read-only list of custom attribute instances.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attributes to retrieve.

GetCustomAttributes<T>(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Boolean)

Gets the custom attributes of the specified type T applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, bool inherit)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to get custom attributes from.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<T>	A read-only list of custom attribute instances.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attributes to retrieve.

GetCustomAttributes<T>(IModuleIntrospectionProvider, Module)

Gets the custom attributes of the specified type T applied to the specified module.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this IModuleIntrospectionProvider provider, Module module)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModuleIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Module	module	The module to get custom attributes from.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<T>	A read-only list of custom attribute instances.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attributes to retrieve.

GetCustomAttributes<T>(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo)

Gets the custom attributes of the specified type T applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get custom attributes from.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<T>	A read-only list of custom attribute instances.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attributes to retrieve.

GetCustomAttributes<T>(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Boolean)

Gets the custom attributes of the specified type T applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static IReadOnlyList<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, bool inherit)
    where T : Attribute

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to get custom attributes from.
System.Boolean	inherit	Indicates whether or not to retrieve attributes from a base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<T>	A read-only list of custom attribute instances.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the custom attributes to retrieve.

IsDefined(IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider, Assembly, Type)

Determines whether the custom attribute of the specified attributeType type or its derived types is applied to the specified assembly.

Declaration

public static bool IsDefined(this IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider provider, Assembly assembly, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IAssemblyIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	The assembly to check the custom attribute on.
System.Type	attributeType	The type of attribute to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if one or more instances of attributeType or its derived types are applied to the specified assembly; otherwise, false.

IsDefined(IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider, MemberInfo, Type)

Determines whether the custom attribute of the specified attributeType type or its derived types is applied to the specified member.

Declaration

public static bool IsDefined(this IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, MemberInfo member, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMemberInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.MemberInfo	member	The member to check the custom attribute on.
System.Type	attributeType	The type of attribute to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if one or more instances of attributeType or its derived types are applied to the specified member; otherwise, false.

IsDefined(IModuleIntrospectionProvider, Module, Type)

Determines whether the custom attribute of the specified attributeType type or its derived types is applied to the specified module.

Declaration

public static bool IsDefined(this IModuleIntrospectionProvider provider, Module module, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModuleIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.Module	module	The module to check the custom attribute on.
System.Type	attributeType	The type of attribute to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if one or more instances of attributeType or its derived types are applied to the specified module; otherwise, false.

IsDefined(IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider, ParameterInfo, Type)

Determines whether the custom attribute of the specified attributeType type or its derived types is applied to the specified parameter.

Declaration

public static bool IsDefined(this IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider provider, ParameterInfo parameter, Type attributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IParameterInfoIntrospectionProvider	provider	The reflection provider.
System.Reflection.ParameterInfo	parameter	The parameter to check the custom attribute on.
System.Type	attributeType	The type of attribute to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if one or more instances of attributeType or its derived types are applied to the specified parameter; otherwise, false.