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Sam
Sam

Reputation: 30298

System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute in .NET Core

I'm trying to convert the following method (which works fine in .NET Framework 4.6.2) to .NET Core 1.1.

public static TAttribute GetCustomAttribute<TAttribute>(MemberInfo member) where TAttribute : Attribute
{
    var attr = System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(member, typeof(TAttribute));
    if (attr is TAttribute)
       return attr;
    else
       return null;
}

This code is giving me the error

Attribute does not contain a definition for GetCustomAttribute.

Any idea what the .NET Core equivalent of this should be?

P.S. I tried the following but it seems to throw an exception. Not sure what the exception is because it just stops the app all together. I tried putting the code in a try catch block but still it just stops running so I couldn't capture the exception.

public static TAttribute GetCustomAttribute<TAttribute>(MemberInfo member) where TAttribute : Attribute
{
   var attr = GetCustomAttribute<TAttribute>(member);
   if (attr is TAttribute)
      return attr;
   else
      return null;
}

Upvotes: 7

Views: 14668

Answers (3)

TheKingPinMirza
TheKingPinMirza

Reputation: 8922

As found on .Net Framework Core official GitHub page, use the following 

type.GetTypeInfo().GetCustomAttributes()

github link for more information

Upvotes: 3

Set
Set

Reputation: 49779

You need to use GetCustomAttribute method:

using System.Reflection;
...

typeof(<class name>).GetTypeInfo()
      .GetProperty(<property name>).GetCustomAttribute<YourAttribute>();

Upvotes: 5

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062915

If you add a package reference to System.Reflection.Extensions or System.Reflection.TypeExtensions, then MemberInfo gets a lot of extension methods like GetCustomAttribute<T>(), GetCustomAttributes<T>(), GetCustomAttributes(), etc. You use those instead. The extension methods are declared in System.Reflection.CustomAttributeExtensions, so you'll need a using directive of:

using System.Reflection;

In your case, member.GetCustomAttribute<TAttribute>() should do everything you need.

Upvotes: 11

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