XPTypeInfo.FindAttributeInfo(Type) Method

Searches for an attribute of the specified type.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public Attribute FindAttributeInfo(
    Type attributeType
)

VB.NET

Public Function FindAttributeInfo(
    attributeType As Type
) As Attribute

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
attributeType	Type	A Type descendant which represents the type of the attribute to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
Attribute	A Attribute descendant of the specified type. null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if an attribute of the specified type isn’t found.

Remarks

Use the XPTypeInfo.HasAttribute method to determine whether the XPTypeInfo.Attributes collection contains an attribute of the specified type.

It’s also possible to use the XPTypeInfo.GetAttributeInfo method to obtain an attribute of the specified type. The difference between the XPTypeInfo.GetAttributeInfo and FindAttributeInfo methods is that the XPTypeInfo.GetAttributeInfo method throws an RequiredAttributeMissingException if an attribute of the specified type isn’t found.