Method GetCustomAttributesOfType

GetCustomAttributesOfType(Type)

Gets all custom attributes of a given type in the assembly being currently processed.

Declaration

public static CustomAttributeInstance[] GetCustomAttributesOfType(Type customAttributeType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	customAttributeType	Type of the custom attribute.

Returns

Type	Description
CustomAttributeInstance[]	The set of all custom attributes of type `customAttributeType` defined in the assembly being currently processed.

Remarks

note

This method returns custom attributes from the internal annotation repository of PostSharp. This repository contains more than only custom attributes added in source code. For instance, if you use MulticastAttribute to add a custom attribute to several elements of code in a single line of code, this method will return one custom attribute instance for every target of the MulticastAttribute .

note

This feature is available only at build time.

GetCustomAttributesOfType(Type, ReflectionSearchOptions)

Gets all custom attributes of a given type in the assembly being currently processed and specifies additional options.

Declaration

public static CustomAttributeInstance[] GetCustomAttributesOfType(Type customAttributeType, ReflectionSearchOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	customAttributeType	Type of the custom attribute.
ReflectionSearchOptions	options	Either IncludeDerivedTypes or None.

Returns

Type	Description
CustomAttributeInstance[]	The set of all custom attributes of type `customAttributeType` (or any type derived from `customAttributeType`, if the option IncludeDerivedTypes is `true`) defined in the assembly being currently processed.

Remarks

note

This method returns custom attributes from the internal annotation repository of PostSharp. This repository contains more than only custom attributes added in source code. For instance, if you use MulticastAttribute to add a custom attribute to several elements of code in a single line of code, this method will return one custom attribute instance for every target of the MulticastAttribute .

note

This feature is available only at build time.