Hi
can any one please tell me what is use of attribute, exactly where
attribute will be useful for me.

On 7/25/2011 3:04 AM, archana wrote:
> can any one please tell me what is use of attribute, exactly where
> attribute will be useful for me.

If you put an attribute Foobar on a class or class member then code
accessing your code via reflection can use the information from the
attribute to change what it will do with your code.

Arne

On 7/25/2011 5:18 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/25/2011 3:04 AM, archana wrote:
>> can any one please tell me what is use of attribute, exactly where
>> attribute will be useful for me.
>
> If you put an attribute Foobar on a class or class member then code
> accessing your code via reflection can use the information from the
> attribute to change what it will do with your code.

Example:

using System;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace E
{
public class UglyName
{
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName="this-is-a-nice-name")]
public class AnotherUglyName
{
}
public class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
(new XmlSerializer(typeof(UglyName))).Serialize(Console.Out, new
UglyName());
Console.WriteLine();
(new XmlSerializer(typeof(AnotherUglyName))).Serialize(Console.Out,
new AnotherUglyName());
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}

Arne