IMemberInfo.AddAttribute(Attribute, Boolean) Method

Dynamically associates the specified attribute with the current member.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.DC

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

IMemberInfo AddAttribute(
    Attribute attribute,
    bool skipRefresh
)

VB.NET

Function AddAttribute(
    attribute As Attribute,
    skipRefresh As Boolean
) As IMemberInfo

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
attribute	Attribute	An attribute to be associated with the current member.
skipRefresh	Boolean	true to prevent the Types Info Subsystem from reloading XPDictionary information immediately. In this case, you need to call the XafMemberInfo.Refresh method for each updated member. false to immediately refresh the type/member metadata.

Returns

Type	Description
IMemberInfo	An object that allows you to further interact with member metadata information.

Remarks

public override void CustomizeTypesInfo(DevExpress.ExpressApp.DC.ITypesInfo typesInfo) {
    base.CustomizeTypesInfo(typesInfo);
    CalculatedPersistentAliasHelper.CustomizeTypesInfo(typesInfo);
    ITypeInfo pType = typesInfo.FindTypeInfo(typeof(PersistentObject1));
    pType.CreateMember("CustomDecimalField", typeof(decimal))
        .AddAttribute(new ModelDefaultAttribute("DisplayFormat", "n2"))
        .AddAttribute(new ModelDefaultAttribute("EditMask", "n2"));
    // ...
    typesInfo.RefreshInfo(typeof(PersistentObject1));
}

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C#

xaf-customize-xpo-business-model-at-runtime/CS/CustomizeXPOModel/CustomizeXPOModel.Module/Module.cs#L55

memberInfo1 = typeInfo1.CreateMember("PersistentObject2s", typeof(DevExpress.Xpo.XPCollection<PersistentObject2>));
memberInfo1.AddAttribute(new DevExpress.Xpo.AssociationAttribute("PersistentObject1-PersistentObject2s", typeof(PersistentObject2)), true);
memberInfo1.AddAttribute(new DevExpress.Xpo.AggregatedAttribute(), true);