AssemblyCultureAttribute Class
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Specifies which culture the assembly supports.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Attribute
System.Reflection.AssemblyCultureAttribute
Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited := False)> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AssemblyCultureAttribute _
Inherits Attribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited = false)]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class AssemblyCultureAttribute : Attribute
The AssemblyCultureAttribute type exposes the following members.
Constructors
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AssemblyCultureAttribute | Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyCultureAttribute class with the culture supported by the assembly being attributed. |
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Methods
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Equals | Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Match | When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Remarks
The attribute is used by compilers to distinguish between a main assembly and a satellite assembly. A main assembly contains code and the neutral culture's resources. A satellite assembly contains only resources for a particular culture, as in [assembly:AssemblyCultureAttribute("de")]. Putting this attribute on an assembly and using something other than the empty string ("") for the culture name will make this assembly look like a satellite assembly, rather than a main assembly that contains executable code. Labeling a traditional code library with this attribute will break it, because no other code will be able to find the library's entry points at runtime.
For more information, see the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics". The documentation is available online; see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards on MSDN and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the Ecma International Web site.
For more information on assembly attributes, see Setting Assembly Attributes in the full .NET Framework documentation.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.