System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute Class

Summary

Indicates to compilers that a method is callable if a specified preprocessing identifier is applied to the method.

C# Syntax:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method)] [Serializable] public sealed class ConditionalAttribute : Attribute

This attribute is supports the conditional methods defined in the Trace and Debug classes.

Note A ConditionalAttribute, that has an associated ConditionalAttribute.ConditionString, can be attached to the definition of a method, creating a conditional method. Thereafter, when a compiler encounters a call to that method, it can choose to ignore the call unless a compilation variable is defined at the site of the call, with a value that matches in a case-sensitive manner the ConditionalAttribute.ConditionString supplied to the ConditionalAttribute.

Compilers might provide several techniques to define such compilation variables, such as:

• Compiler command-line switches(for example, /define:DEBUG).
• Environment variables in the operating system shell(for example, SET DEBUG=1).
• Pragmas in the source code(for example, #define DEBUG, to define the compilation variable, or #undef DEBUG to undefine it).

CLS-compliant compilers are permitted to ignore the ConditionalAttribute.

For more information about using attributes, see the conceptual topic at MSDN: extendingmetadatausingattributes.

System.Diagnostics Namespace

System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute Member List:

Public Constructors

ctor #1

Initializes a new instance of the ConditionalAttribute class, specifying the name of the attribute that enables the calling of the conditional method.

Public Properties

ConditionString	Read-only Gets the string that contains the pre-processing identifier that makes the target method of the current instance callable.
TypeId (inherited from System.Attribute)	Read-only See base class member description: System.Attribute.TypeId When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute.

Public Methods

Equals (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.Equals Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
GetHashCode (inherited from System.Attribute)	See base class member description: System.Attribute.GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance.
GetType (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.GetType Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
IsDefaultAttribute (inherited from System.Attribute)	See base class member description: System.Attribute.IsDefaultAttribute When overridden in a derived class, returns an indication whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class.
Match (inherited from System.Attribute)	See base class member description: System.Attribute.Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value indicating whether this instance equals a specified object.
ToString (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.ToString Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.

Protected Methods

Finalize (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.Finalize Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.MemberwiseClone Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.

Hierarchy:

• System.Object
• System.Attribute
• System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute

System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute Member Details

Summary

Initializes a new instance of the ConditionalAttribute class, specifying the name of the attribute that enables the calling of the conditional method.

C# Syntax:

public ConditionalAttribute(    string conditionString );

conditionString

A string that contains the preprocessing identifier that makes the target method of the current instance callable.

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Summary

Gets the string that contains the pre-processing identifier that makes the target method of the current instance callable.

C# Syntax:

public string ConditionString {get;}

This property is read-only.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Attribute.TypeId

Summary

When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute.

C# Syntax:

public virtual object TypeId {get;}

As implemented, this identifier is merely the Type of the attribute. However, it is intended that the unique identifier be used to identify two attributes of the same type.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.Equals

C# Syntax:

public virtual bool Equals(    object obj );

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.Finalize

C# Syntax:

~ConditionalAttribute();

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Attribute.GetHashCode

Summary

Returns the hash code for this instance.

C# Syntax:

public override int GetHashCode();

Return Value:

A 32-bit signed integer hash code.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.GetType

C# Syntax:

public Type GetType();

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Attribute.IsDefaultAttribute

Summary

When overridden in a derived class, returns an indication whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class.

C# Syntax:

public virtual bool IsDefaultAttribute();

Return Value:

true if this instance is the default attribute for the class; otherwise, false.

The default implementation of this class returns false, and must be implemented in the derived class to be useful to that class.

The implementation of this method in a derived class compares the value of this instance to a standard, default value obtained by some means, then returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the value of this instance is equal to the standard. The standard value is typically coded as a constant in the implementation, or stored programmatically in a field used by the implementation.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Attribute.Match

Summary

When overridden in a derived class, returns a value indicating whether this instance equals a specified object.

C# Syntax:

public virtual bool Match(    object obj );

obj

An Object to compare with this instance of Attribute.

Return Value:

true if this instance equals obj; otherwise, false.

This method determines if one Attribute equals another. Its default implementation is the same as Attribute.Equals, which performs a value and reference comparison. Override this method to implement support for attribute values, such as flags or bitfields, that consist of components that are meaningful in themselves. For example, consider an attribute whose value is a binary field divided into a bitfield of flags. Two instances of this attribute have one flag in set in common while all the other flags differ. The Equal method cannot determine that the two instances have the same flag set, but the Match method can.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.MemberwiseClone

C# Syntax:

protected object MemberwiseClone();

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.ToString

C# Syntax:

public virtual string ToString();

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