XPTypeInfo.AddAttribute(Attribute) Method

Adds a new attribute to the attribute collection of the type.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap, DevExpress.Xpo

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Xpo

Declaration

C#

public void AddAttribute(
    Attribute attribute
)

VB.NET

Public Sub AddAttribute(
    attribute As Attribute
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
attribute	Attribute	A Attribute descendant which represents the attribute for this type.

Remarks

The collection of attributes can be accessed via the XPTypeInfo.Attributes property.

If the collection contains the attribute being added by the AddAttribute method, the old attribute is replaced by the new one. To ensure that the type has a specific attribute use the XPTypeInfo.HasAttribute method.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

XPO_how-to-create-an-xpclassinfo-descendant-to-dynamically-build-a-persistent-class-structure-e1729/CS/DynamicDataTable/DynamicDataTableClassInfo.cs#L19

XPCustomMemberInfo member = CreateMember(column.Caption, column.DataType);
member.AddAttribute(new PersistentAttribute(column.ColumnName));
member.AddAttribute(new DisplayNameAttribute(column.Caption));

XPO_how-to-dynamically-create-a-read-only-calculated-persistent-alias-property-e3473/CS/ConsoleApplication17/XPAliasedMemberInfo.cs#L16

    Owner.AddMember(this);
    this.AddAttribute(new PersistentAliasAttribute(expression));
}

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-metadata-for-an-arbitrary-data-table-e2922/CS/MapArbitraryDatabaseExample/Program.cs#L38

XPClassInfo classInfo = dict.CreateClass(dict.GetClassInfo(typeof(BasePersistentClass)), table.Name.Replace('.', '_'));
classInfo.AddAttribute(new PersistentAttribute(table.Name));
DBColumnType primaryColumnType = table.GetColumn(table.PrimaryKey.Columns[0]).ColumnType;

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-classes-at-runtime-based-on-a-dataset-e1198/CS/WindowsApplication4/Form1.cs#L31

    if (key == c.Name)
        mi.AddAttribute(new KeyAttribute(c.IsIdentity));
}

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/CS/MetadataObjects.cs#L27

foreach(PersistentAttributeInfo a in TypeAttributes) {
    ti.AddAttribute(a.Create());
}

VB.NET

XPO_how-to-create-an-xpclassinfo-descendant-to-dynamically-build-a-persistent-class-structure-e1729/VB/DynamicDataTable/DynamicDataTableClassInfo.vb#L23

Dim member As XPCustomMemberInfo = CreateMember(column.Caption, column.DataType)
member.AddAttribute(New PersistentAttribute(column.ColumnName))
member.AddAttribute(New DisplayNameAttribute(column.Caption))

XPO_how-to-generate-persistent-classes-at-runtime-based-on-a-dataset-e1198/VB/WindowsApplication4/Form1.vb#L29

If key = c.Name Then
    mi.AddAttribute(New KeyAttribute(c.IsIdentity))
End If

XPO_how-to-persist-metadata-e269/VB/MetadataObjects.vb#L43

For Each a As PersistentAttributeInfo In TypeAttributes
    ti.AddAttribute(a.Create())
Next a