"Jim Trela" <jmtrela@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How can I find out the names of all the attributes that
> are intrinsic (pre-defined, or standard) in the .NET
> framework ? I saw in a presentation that there are
> supposedly around 178 pre-defined ones. I know that it is
> possible to define your own, but I want to know what the
> standard ones are, besides [Webmethod] and [Serializable].
> I did try searching the the help alphabetically ([a*],
> [b*], ...), but my query was not limited to the results I
> expected.
>
> Also, since the interface "ISerializable" is also
> implemented as an attribute ([Serializable] ?), is EVERY
> interface implemented as an attribute ? Conversely, does
> every attribute have a counterpart that is an interface ?
> For instance, I don't believe that "[Webmethod]" has a
> corresponding interface named something like "IWebmethod".
>

>How can I find out the names of all the attributes that
>are intrinsic (pre-defined, or standard) in the .NET
>framework ?

> Also, since the interface "ISerializable" is also
>implemented as an attribute ([Serializable] ?), is EVERY
>interface implemented as an attribute ?

>Conversely, does
>every attribute have a counterpart that is an interface ?