using the FastMember library from NuGet, I am able to find all the members of a type that are decorated with a particular attribute, using this code:
var accessor = TypeAccessor.Create(typeof (MyData));
var decoratedMembers = accessor.GetMembers().Where(x=>x.IsDefined(typeof(MyDecorationAttribute));
That's all very well and good, but I need to now be able to get the specific instance of MyDecorationAttribute
for each of the members in decoratedMembers
MemberSet
and as far as I can see there isn't a way to do that.
Am I missing something? Perhaps there's a different library that I should be using to get the attribute data per member, or is stock Reflection the way to go in this case.
First and foremost - Marc, thank you very much for an AWESOME library!
Second, please forgive me Marc, for I am about to sin...
I have had the same problem - a desire to access a MemberInfo about the member, but library lets me "sniff" it, but not to access it.
With a bit of help from http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/80343/Accessing-private-members.aspx
public static class SillyMemberExtensions
{
public static T GetPrivateField<T>(this object obj, string name)
{
BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
Type type = obj.GetType();
FieldInfo field = type.GetField(name, flags);
return (T)field.GetValue(obj);
}
public static T GetPrivateProperty<T>(this object obj, string name)
{
BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
Type type = obj.GetType();
PropertyInfo field = type.GetProperty(name, flags);
return (T)field.GetValue(obj, null);
}
public static MemberInfo GetMemberInfo(this FastMember.Member member)
{
return GetPrivateField<MemberInfo>(member, "member");
}
public static T GetMemberAttribute<T>(this FastMember.Member member) where T : Attribute
{
return GetPrivateField<MemberInfo>(member, "member").GetCustomAttribute<T>();
}
}
Usage:
if (m.IsDefined(typeof(MyCustomAttribute)))
{
var attr = m.GetMemberAttribute<MyCustomAttribute>();
if (attr.SomeCustomParameterInTheAttribute >= 10)
return "More than 10";
}
This is not alternative to fast-member but, it has Private Member support, Attribute support and Caching.
Here is SlowMember
Usage:
var reflectionService = new ReflectionService();
var description = reflectionService.GetObjectDescription(_complexClass, true);
var attributeDescription = description.MemberDescriptions
.FirstOrDefault(f => f.Name == "Text")
.AttributeDescriptions.FirstOrDefault(ad => ad.Name == "Required");
Github Repository: https://github.com/efaruk/slow-member