Question

I set to member of class attibute DataMember.

[DataMember]
internal protected string _FirstName="";

[DataMember]
public string FirstName { get { return _FirstName; } 
internal protected set { _FirstName=(value!=null?value:""); } }

Next I want to search class members which have this attribute. But when I type:

Type.GetType("classType").GetProperty("FirstName").Attributes

I get null.

Any idea why this attribute was not found by reflection ?

Answer 1

You need to call GetCustomAttributes, not use the Attributes property.

var attributes = Type.GetType("ClassType").GetProperty("FirstName")
                .GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DataMemberAttribute), true);