Parameters

element

An instance of a type derived from System.Reflection.MemberInfo that describes a type member. [Edit]

attributeType

The Type of the custom attribute for which to check. [Edit]

Returns

The single instance of Attribute of type attributeType that is applied to element. Returns null if the specified attribute was not found. [Edit]

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	element or attributeType is null. [Edit]
ArgumentException	attributeType is not a type derived from Attribute. [Edit]
NotSupportedException	element does not represent a constructor, method, property, event, type, or field member. [Edit]
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException	More than one instance of the specified custom attribute was found. [Edit]

Remarks

Note: If multiple instances of attributeType can be applied to element, use Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(System.Reflection.MemberInfo, Type).

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Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0