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UberMouse
UberMouse

Reputation: 937

Change values in Class Attribute at runtime

If I have a class like this

[Attr("Blah",
 Data = "Blah")]
public class Test : SuperClass{}

Is there a way I can change the values of the attribute of an instance of the class at runtime? eg in pseudo code

SuperClass test = new Test();
test.Attr.Value = "blah1";
test.Attr.Data = "blah2";

(I have an instance of the class I want to change the attributes on, cast as a class it extends)

Upvotes: 7

Views: 11262

Answers (2)

mmm
mmm

Reputation: 61

You can change Attribute values at runtime at Class level (not object instance level):

var attr = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(typeof(UserContact))["UserName"].Attributes[typeof(ReadOnlyAttribute)] as ReadOnlyAttribute;
attr.GetType().GetField("isReadOnly", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(attr, username_readonly);

Upvotes: -1

Roman Gruber
Roman Gruber

Reputation: 1411

There is no implicit connection between attributes and objects instances. Only between the class and the attribute. The best bet would be to look for the attribute in the constructor and "cache" the values in properties on the object. Of course that doesn't make sense if you are only looking at the Test class, but it does make sense if the constructor of the SuperClass looks for the custom attributes on the type retrieved with "this.GetType()".

Upvotes: 3

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