static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Data annotation attribute");
//Calling the method using the class since it is a static method
NewAttribute.AttributeDisplay(typeof(Employee));
Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------");
NewAttribute.AttributeDisplay(typeof(Employer));
Console.ReadLine();
}
/// <summary>
/// method to show the fields of the NewAttribute
/// using reflection
/// </summary>
/// <param name="classType"></param>
public static void AttributeDisplay(Type classType)
{
Console.WriteLine("Methods of class {0}", classType.Name);
//array to store all methods of a class to which the attribute may be applied
MethodInfo[] methods = classType.GetMethods();
//to read all methods
for (int i = 0; i < methods.GetLength(0); i++)
{
//creating object array to recieve method attributes
//returned by the GetCustomAttribute Method
object[] attributesArray = methods[i].GetCustomAttributes(true);
// read all attributes of the method
foreach (var item in attributesArray)
{
if (item is NewAttribute)
{
//Display the fields of the NewAttribute
NewAttribute newAttributeObject = (NewAttribute)item;
Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1} , {2} ", methods[i].Name, newAttributeObject.title, newAttributeObject.description);
}
}
}
}
