Reflection: Get type signed with attribute

Hi!

We defined an attribute that can be applied to a type multiple times
(AllowMultiple = true). A type can have numerous instances of that attribute
that it may have inherited from its base classes.
Problem: If we have an instance of that attribute how can we find out which
class originally was signed with that specific instance.
E.g:

[AttributeUsage( AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true )]
public class MyAttribute : Attribute
{
public MyAttribute( int intVal ) { ... }
}

[My(1)]
class Base
{
}

[My(2)]
class Child : Base
{
}

So Child is signed with My(1) and also My(2). If we have My(1), how can we
get the type that was signed with My(1), in this case Base.

TIA,

Markus


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Mattias
Tue Aug 12 04:39:45 CDT 2003

Markus,

>Problem: If we have an instance of that attribute how can we find out which
>class originally was signed with that specific instance.

You can't, unless you pass that information to the attribute instance
yourself.



Mattias

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