Reflection - get attribute name and value on property

Question

I have a class, lets call it Book with a property called Name. With that property, I have an attribute associated with it.

public class Book
{
    [Author(\"         


        

Answer 1

private static Dictionary GetAuthors()
{
    return typeof(Book).GetProperties()
        .SelectMany(prop => prop.GetCustomAttributes())
        .OfType()
        .ToDictionary(a => a.GetType().Name.Replace("Attribute", ""), a => a.Name);
}

Example using generics (target framework 4.5)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

private static Dictionary GetAttribute(
    Func valueFunc)
    where TAttribute : Attribute
{
    return typeof(TType).GetProperties()
        .SelectMany(p => p.GetCustomAttributes())
        .OfType()
        .ToDictionary(a => a.GetType().Name.Replace("Attribute", ""), valueFunc);
}

Usage

var dictionary = GetAttribute(a => a.Name);