Charles Bazi <cbazi@noos.fr> wrote:
> Hi, I have a class with custom attributes.
>
> Aka [MyAttribute( "Joe")]
>
> I try to get value of my attribute, but inside the class where it's
> declared with this piece of code:
>
> string _ClassType = string.Empty;
>
> Type _object = Type.GetType( this.GetType().ToString() );

> object[] _AttributeMine = _object.GetCustomAttributes( typeof(
> MyAttribute ), true );
>
> if(_AttributeMine.Length == 1) {
> _ClassType = ( _AttributeMine[0] as MyAttribute ).Name;
> }
>
> After debugging, I see _object being assigned with my class'type,
> AttributeMine is null after trying to load it with :
> _object.GetCustomAttributes( typeof( MyAttribute ), true );
>
> Is this a normal behaviour ?

Jon Skeet [C# MVP] wrote:
> Charles Bazi <cbazi@noos.fr> wrote:
>> Hi, I have a class with custom attributes.
>>
>> Aka [MyAttribute( "Joe")]
>>
>> I try to get value of my attribute, but inside the class where it's
>> declared with this piece of code:
>>
>> string _ClassType = string.Empty;
>>
>> Type _object = Type.GetType( this.GetType().ToString() );
>
> Um, what's the point of converting the type to a string and back again?
> It's equivalent to
>
> Type _object = GetType();

>
> but somewhat less reliable (depending on whether the type of "this" is
> declared in the currently executing assembly - that may not be the case
> with inheritance involved).
>
>> object[] _AttributeMine = _object.GetCustomAttributes( typeof(
>> MyAttribute ), true );
>>
>> if(_AttributeMine.Length == 1) {
>> _ClassType = ( _AttributeMine[0] as MyAttribute ).Name;
>> }
>>
>> After debugging, I see _object being assigned with my class'type,
>> AttributeMine is null after trying to load it with :
>> _object.GetCustomAttributes( typeof( MyAttribute ), true );
>>
>> Is this a normal behaviour ?
>
> Well, you haven't shown us the code for MyAttribute or how you've used
> it.

>
> Could you post a short but complete program which demonstrates the
> problem?

>
> See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
> what I mean by that.

>>See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
>>what I mean by that.