How do I define a property to read an attribute from, without instantionating an object?

Question

Suppose I have:

class Person
{
[ColumnAttribute(\"ID\"]
    public int Id;
[ColumnAttribute(\"Name\"]
public string Name;
[ColumnAttribute(\"DateOfBirth\"]
    p         


        

Answer 1

Yep, I defined an extension method, to make it a bit easier, so i can just call typeof(Person).GetAttributes():

        /// 

    /// Loads the configuration from assembly attributes
    /// 
    /// The type of the custom attribute to find.
    /// The calling assembly to search.
    /// An enumeration of attributes of type T that were found.
    public static IEnumerable GetAttributes(this Type typeWithAttributes)
        where T : Attribute
    {
        // Try to find the configuration attribute for the default logger if it exists
        object[] configAttributes = Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(typeWithAttributes,
            typeof(T), false);

        // get just the first one
        if (configAttributes != null && configAttributes.Length > 0)
        {
            foreach (T attribute in configAttributes)
            {
                yield return attribute;
            }
        }
    }