Check if property has attribute

Question

Given a property in a class, with attributes - what is the fastest way to determine if it contains a given attribute? For example:

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Answer 1

You can use the Attribute.IsDefined method

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.attribute.isdefined(v=vs.110).aspx

if(Attribute.IsDefined(YourProperty,typeof(YourAttribute)))
{
    //Conditional execution...
}

You could provide the property you're specifically looking for or you could iterate through all of them using reflection, something like:

PropertyInfo[] props = typeof(YourClass).GetProperties();

Answer 2

You can use a common (generic) method to read attribute over a given MemberInfo

public static bool TryGetAttribute<T>(MemberInfo memberInfo, out T customAttribute) where T: Attribute {
                var attributes = memberInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(T), false).FirstOrDefault();
                if (attributes == null) {
                    customAttribute = null;
                    return false;
                }
                customAttribute = (T)attributes;
                return true;
            }