Type.Attributes Property

Gets the attributes associated with the Type.

Property Value

Type: System.Reflection.TypeAttributes
A TypeAttributes object representing the attribute set of the Type, unless the Type represents a generic type parameter, in which case the value is unspecified.

Imports System.Reflection
Friend Structure S
 Public X As Integer
End Structure
Public MustInherit Class Example
 Protected NotInheritable Class NestedClass
 End Class
 Public Interface INested
 End Interface
 Private Shared outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock
 Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
 Example.outputBlock = outputBlock
 DisplayAttributes(GetType(Example))
 DisplayAttributes(GetType(NestedClass))
 DisplayAttributes(GetType(INested))
 DisplayAttributes(GetType(S))
 End Sub
 Private Shared Sub DisplayAttributes(ByVal t As Type)
 outputBlock.Text &= "Attributes for type " & t.Name & ":" & vbLf
 Dim attr As TypeAttributes = t.Attributes
 ' To test for visibility attributes, you must use the visibility
 ' mask.
 Dim visibility As TypeAttributes = attr And TypeAttributes.VisibilityMask
 Select Case visibility
 Case TypeAttributes.NotPublic:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is not Public" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.Public:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is Public" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.NestedPublic:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is nested and Public" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.NestedPrivate:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is nested and Private" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.NestedFamANDAssem:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is nested, and inheritable only within the assembly" & _
 vbLf & " (cannot be declared in Visual Basic)" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.NestedAssembly:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is nested and Friend" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.NestedFamily:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is nested and Protected" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.NestedFamORAssem:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is nested and Protected Friend" & vbLf
 End Select
 Dim layout As TypeAttributes = attr And TypeAttributes.LayoutMask
 Select Case layout
 Case TypeAttributes.AutoLayout:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is AutoLayout" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.SequentialLayout:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is SequentialLayout" & vbLf
 Case TypeAttributes.ExplicitLayout:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is ExplicitLayout" & vbLf
 End Select
 Dim classSemantics As TypeAttributes = attr And TypeAttributes.ClassSemanticsMask
 Select Case classSemantics
 Case TypeAttributes.Class:
 If t.IsValueType Then
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is a value type" & vbLf
 Else
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is a class" & vbLf
 End If
 Case TypeAttributes.Interface:
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is an interface" & vbLf
 End Select
 If 0 <> (attr And TypeAttributes.Abstract) Then _
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is MustInherit" & vbLf
 If 0 <> (attr And TypeAttributes.Sealed) Then _
 outputBlock.Text &= " ...is NotInheritable" & vbLf
 End Sub 
End Class 
' This example produces the following output:
'
'Attributes for type Example:
' ...is Public
' ...is AutoLayout
' ...is a class
' ...is MustInherit
'Attributes for type NestedClass:
' ...is nested and Protected
' ...is AutoLayout
' ...is a class
' ...is NotInheritable
'Attributes for type INested:
' ...is nested and Public
' ...is AutoLayout
' ...is an interface
' ...is MustInherit
'Attributes for type S:
' ...is not Public
' ...is SequentialLayout
' ...is a value type
' ...is NotInheritable

using System;
using System.Reflection;
internal struct S
{
 public int X;
}
public abstract class Example
{
 protected sealed class NestedClass {}
 public interface INested {}
 private static System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock;
 public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
 {
 Example.outputBlock = outputBlock;
 DisplayAttributes(typeof(Example));
 DisplayAttributes(typeof(NestedClass));
 DisplayAttributes(typeof(INested));
 DisplayAttributes(typeof(S));
 }
 private static void DisplayAttributes(Type t)
 {
 outputBlock.Text += "Attributes for type "+t.Name+":\n";
 TypeAttributes attr = t.Attributes;
 // To test for visibility attributes, you must use the visibility
 // mask.
 TypeAttributes visibility = attr & TypeAttributes.VisibilityMask;
 switch (visibility)
 {
 case TypeAttributes.NotPublic:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is not public\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.Public:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is public\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.NestedPublic:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is nested and public\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.NestedPrivate:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is nested and private\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.NestedFamANDAssem:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is nested, and inheritable only within the assembly" +
 "\n (cannot be declared in C#)\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.NestedAssembly:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is nested and internal\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.NestedFamily:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is nested and protected\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.NestedFamORAssem:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is nested and protected internal\n";
 break;
 }
 TypeAttributes layout = attr & TypeAttributes.LayoutMask;
 switch (layout)
 {
 case TypeAttributes.AutoLayout:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is AutoLayout\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.SequentialLayout:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is SequentialLayout\n";
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.ExplicitLayout:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is ExplicitLayout\n";
 break;
 }
 TypeAttributes classSemantics = attr & TypeAttributes.ClassSemanticsMask;
 switch (classSemantics)
 {
 case TypeAttributes.Class:
 if (t.IsValueType)
 {
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is a value type\n";
 }
 else
 {
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is a class\n";
 }
 break;
 case TypeAttributes.Interface:
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is an interface\n";
 break;
 }
 if (0!=(attr & TypeAttributes.Abstract)) 
 {
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is abstract\n";
 }
 if (0!=(attr & TypeAttributes.Sealed)) 
 {
 outputBlock.Text += " ...is sealed\n";
 }
 }
}
/* This example produces the following output:
Attributes for type Example:
 ...is public
 ...is AutoLayout
 ...is a class
 ...is abstract
Attributes for type NestedClass:
 ...is nested and protected
 ...is AutoLayout
 ...is a class
 ...is sealed
Attributes for type INested:
 ...is nested and public
 ...is AutoLayout
 ...is an interface
 ...is abstract
Attributes for type S:
 ...is not public
 ...is SequentialLayout
 ...is a value type
 ...is sealed
 */

Type Class

System Namespace

GetAttributeFlagsImpl

TypeAttributes