DefaultMemberAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

DefaultMemberAttribute.cs

Defines the member of a type that is the default member used by InvokeMember(String, BindingFlags, Binder, Object, Object[], ParameterModifier[], CultureInfo, String[]).

public ref class DefaultMemberAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class | System.AttributeTargets.Interface | System.AttributeTargets.Struct)]
public sealed class DefaultMemberAttribute : Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class | System.AttributeTargets.Interface | System.AttributeTargets.Struct)>]
type DefaultMemberAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class DefaultMemberAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

DefaultMemberAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following example uses the DefaultMemberAttribute attribute to make the Age property the default member of the MyClass class.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::IO;

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Age")]
public ref class MyClass
{
public:
   void Name( String^ s ){}


   property int Age 
   {
      int get()
      {
         return 20;
      }

   }

};

int main()
{
   try
   {
      Type^ myType = MyClass::typeid;
      array<MemberInfo^>^memberInfoArray = myType->GetDefaultMembers();
      if ( memberInfoArray->Length > 0 )
      {
         System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = memberInfoArray->GetEnumerator();
         while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
         {
            MemberInfo^ memberInfoObj = safe_cast<MemberInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
            Console::WriteLine( "The default member name is: {0}", memberInfoObj );
         }
      }
      else
      {
         Console::WriteLine( "No default members are available." );
      }
   }
   catch ( InvalidOperationException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "InvalidOperationException: {0}", e->Message );
   }
   catch ( IOException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "IOException: {0}", e->Message );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception: {0}", e->Message );
   }
}

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Age")]
public class MyClass
{
    public void Name(String s) {}
    public int Age
    {
        get
        {
            return 20;
        }
    }
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            Type  myType = typeof(MyClass);
            MemberInfo[] memberInfoArray = myType.GetDefaultMembers();
            if (memberInfoArray.Length > 0)
            {
                foreach(MemberInfo memberInfoObj in memberInfoArray)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("The default member name is: " + memberInfoObj.ToString());
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No default members are available.");
            }
        }
        catch(InvalidOperationException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("InvalidOperationException: " + e.Message);
        }
        catch(IOException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("IOException: " + e.Message);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO

<DefaultMemberAttribute("Age")> Public Class [MyClass]

    Public Sub Name(ByVal s As String)
    End Sub

    Public ReadOnly Property Age() As Integer
        Get
            Return 20
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            Dim myType As Type = GetType([MyClass])
            Dim memberInfoArray As MemberInfo() = myType.GetDefaultMembers()
            If memberInfoArray.Length > 0 Then
                Dim memberInfoObj As MemberInfo
                For Each memberInfoObj In memberInfoArray
                    Console.WriteLine("The default member name is: " + memberInfoObj.ToString())
                Next memberInfoObj
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("No default members are available.")
            End If
        Catch e As InvalidOperationException
            Console.WriteLine("InvalidOperationException: " + e.Message)
        Catch e As IOException
            Console.WriteLine("IOException: " + e.Message)
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

A property is imported as an indexer (default indexed property in Visual Basic) if the property has arguments and if the name of the property or one of its accessors matches the name specified by the DefaultMemberAttribute. If the DefaultMemberAttribute is not present on the containing type, then the type does not have an indexer. The C# compiler emits the DefaultMemberAttribute on any type containing an indexer. In C# it is an error to manually attribute a type with the DefaultMemberAttribute if the type also declares an indexer.

Constructors

DefaultMemberAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of the DefaultMemberAttribute class.

Properties

MemberName	Gets the name from the attribute.
TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute)

Methods

Equals(Object)	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)