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                            // ==++== 
//
//   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
//
// ==--== 

namespace System { 
 
    using System;
    using System.Reflection; 
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
    using System.Globalization;
 
    [Serializable, AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple=false)]
    [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)] 
    [ComDefaultInterface(typeof(_Attribute))] 
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
    public abstract class Attribute : _Attribute 
    {
        #region Private Statics

        #region PropertyInfo 
        private static Attribute[] InternalGetCustomAttributes(PropertyInfo element, Type type, bool inherit)
        { 
            // walk up the hierarchy chain 
            Attribute[] attributes = (Attribute[])element.GetCustomAttributes(type, inherit);
 
            if (!inherit)
                return attributes;

            // create the hashtable that keeps track of inherited types 
            Hashtable types = new Hashtable(11);
 
            // create an array list to collect all the requested attibutes 
            ArrayList attributeList = new ArrayList();
            CopyToArrayList(attributeList, attributes, types); 

            PropertyInfo baseProp = GetParentDefinition(element);
            while (baseProp != null)
            { 
                attributes = GetCustomAttributes(baseProp, type, false);
                AddAttributesToList(attributeList, attributes, types); 
                baseProp = GetParentDefinition(baseProp); 
            }
            return (Attribute[])attributeList.ToArray(type); 
        }

        private static bool InternalIsDefined(PropertyInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            // walk up the hierarchy chain
            if (element.IsDefined(attributeType, inherit)) 
                return true; 

            if (inherit) 
            {
                AttributeUsageAttribute usage = InternalGetAttributeUsage(attributeType);

                if (!usage.Inherited) 
                    return false;
 
                PropertyInfo baseProp = GetParentDefinition(element); 

                while (baseProp != null) 
                {
                    if (baseProp.IsDefined(attributeType, false))
                        return true;
 
                    baseProp = GetParentDefinition(baseProp);
                } 
            } 

            return false; 
        }

        private static PropertyInfo GetParentDefinition(PropertyInfo property)
        { 
            // for the current property get the base class of the getter and the setter, they might be different
            MethodInfo propAccessor = property.GetGetMethod(true); 
 
            if (propAccessor == null)
                propAccessor = property.GetSetMethod(true); 

            if (propAccessor != null)
            {
                propAccessor = propAccessor.GetParentDefinition(); 

                if (propAccessor != null) 
                    return propAccessor.DeclaringType.GetProperty(property.Name, property.PropertyType); 
            }
 
            return null;
        }

        #endregion 

        #region EventInfo 
        private static Attribute[] InternalGetCustomAttributes(EventInfo element, Type type, bool inherit) 
        {
            // walk up the hierarchy chain 
            Attribute[] attributes = (Attribute[])element.GetCustomAttributes(type, inherit);
            if (inherit)
            {
                // create the hashtable that keeps track of inherited types 
                Hashtable types = new Hashtable(11);
                // create an array list to collect all the requested attibutes 
                ArrayList attributeList = new ArrayList(); 
                CopyToArrayList(attributeList, attributes, types);
 
                EventInfo baseEvent = GetParentDefinition(element);
                while (baseEvent != null)
                {
                    attributes = GetCustomAttributes(baseEvent, type, false); 
                    AddAttributesToList(attributeList, attributes, types);
                    baseEvent = GetParentDefinition(baseEvent); 
                } 
                return (Attribute[])attributeList.ToArray(type);
            } 
            else
                return attributes;
        }
        private static EventInfo GetParentDefinition(EventInfo ev) 
        {
            MethodInfo add = ev.GetAddMethod(true); 
            if (add != null) 
            {
                add = add.GetParentDefinition(); 
                if (add != null)
                    return add.DeclaringType.GetEvent(ev.Name);
            }
            return null; 
        }
 
        private static bool InternalIsDefined (EventInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit) 
        {
            // walk up the hierarchy chain 
            if (element.IsDefined(attributeType, inherit))
                return true;

            if (inherit) 
            {
                AttributeUsageAttribute usage = InternalGetAttributeUsage(attributeType); 
 
                if (!usage.Inherited)
                    return false; 

                EventInfo baseEvent = GetParentDefinition(element);

                while (baseEvent != null) 
                {
                    if (baseEvent.IsDefined(attributeType, false)) 
                        return true; 
                    baseEvent = GetParentDefinition(baseEvent);
                } 
            }

            return false;
        } 

        #endregion 
 
        #region ParameterInfo
        private static Attribute[] InternalParamGetCustomAttributes(MethodInfo method, ParameterInfo param, Type type, bool inherit) 
        {
            // For ParameterInfo's we need to make sure that we chain through all the MethodInfo's in the inheritance chain that
            // have this ParameterInfo defined. .We pick up all the CustomAttributes for the starting ParameterInfo. We need to pick up only attributes
            // that are marked inherited from the remainder of the MethodInfo's in the inheritance chain. 
            // For MethodInfo's on an interface we do not do an inheritance walk so the default ParameterInfo attributes are returned.
            // For MethodInfo's on a class we walk up the inheritance chain but do not look at the MethodInfo's on the interfaces that the 
            // class inherits from and return the respective ParameterInfo attributes 

            ArrayList disAllowMultiple = new ArrayList(); 
            Object [] objAttr;

            if (type == null)
                type = typeof(Attribute); 

            objAttr = param.GetCustomAttributes(type, false); 
 
            for (int i =0;i < objAttr.Length;i++)
            { 
                Type objType = objAttr[i].GetType();
                AttributeUsageAttribute attribUsage = InternalGetAttributeUsage(objType);
                if (attribUsage.AllowMultiple == false)
                    disAllowMultiple.Add(objType); 
            }
 
            // Get all the attributes that have Attribute as the base class 
            Attribute [] ret = null;
            if (objAttr.Length == 0) 
                ret = (Attribute[])Array.CreateInstance(type,0);
            else
                ret = (Attribute[])objAttr;
 
            if (method.DeclaringType == null) // This is an interface so we are done.
                return ret; 
 
            if (!inherit)
                return ret; 

            int paramPosition = param.Position;
            method = method.GetParentDefinition();
 
            while (method != null)
            { 
                // Find the ParameterInfo on this method 
                ParameterInfo [] parameters = method.GetParameters();
                param = parameters[paramPosition]; // Point to the correct ParameterInfo of the method 

                objAttr = param.GetCustomAttributes(type, false);

                int count = 0; 
                for (int i =0;i < objAttr.Length;i++)
                { 
                    Type objType = objAttr[i].GetType(); 
                    AttributeUsageAttribute attribUsage = InternalGetAttributeUsage(objType);
 
                    if ((attribUsage.Inherited) && (disAllowMultiple.Contains(objType) == false))
                    {
                        if (attribUsage.AllowMultiple == false)
                            disAllowMultiple.Add(objType); 
                        count++;
                    } 
                    else 
                        objAttr[i] = null;
                } 

                // Get all the attributes that have Attribute as the base class
                Attribute [] attributes = (Attribute[])Array.CreateInstance(type,count);
 
                count = 0;
                for (int i =0;i < objAttr.Length;i++) 
                { 
                    if (objAttr[i] != null)
                    { 
                        attributes[count] = (Attribute)objAttr[i];
                        count++;
                    }
                } 

                Attribute [] temp = ret; 
                ret = (Attribute[])Array.CreateInstance(type,temp.Length + count); 
                Array.Copy(temp,ret,temp.Length);
 
                int offset = temp.Length;

                for (int i =0;i < attributes.Length;i++)
                    ret[offset + i] = attributes[i]; 

                method = method.GetParentDefinition(); 
 
            }
 
            return ret;

        }
 
        private static bool InternalParamIsDefined(MethodInfo method, ParameterInfo param, Type type, bool inherit)
        { 
            // For ParameterInfo's we need to make sure that we chain through all the MethodInfo's in the inheritance chain. 
            // We pick up all the CustomAttributes for the starting ParameterInfo. We need to pick up only attributes
            // that are marked inherited from the remainder of the ParameterInfo's in the inheritance chain. 
            // For MethodInfo's on an interface we do not do an inheritance walk. For ParameterInfo's on a
            // Class we walk up the inheritance chain but do not look at the MethodInfo's on the interfaces that the class inherits from.

            if (param.IsDefined(type, false)) 
                return true;
 
            if (method.DeclaringType == null || !inherit) // This is an interface so we are done. 
                return false;
 
            int paramPosition = param.Position;
            method = method.GetParentDefinition();

            while (method != null) 
            {
                ParameterInfo [] parameters = method.GetParameters(); 
                param = parameters[paramPosition]; 

                Object [] objAttr = param.GetCustomAttributes(type, false); 

                for (int i =0; i < objAttr.Length; i++)
                {
                    Type objType = objAttr[i].GetType(); 
                    AttributeUsageAttribute attribUsage = InternalGetAttributeUsage(objType);
 
                    if ((objAttr[i] is Attribute) && (attribUsage.Inherited)) 
                        return true;
                } 

                method = method.GetParentDefinition();
            }
 
            return false;
        } 
 
        #endregion
 
        #region Utility
        private static void CopyToArrayList(ArrayList attributeList,Attribute[] attributes,Hashtable types)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < attributes.Length; i++) 
            {
                attributeList.Add(attributes[i]); 
 
                Type attrType = attributes[i].GetType();
 
                if (!types.Contains(attrType))
                    types[attrType] = InternalGetAttributeUsage(attrType);
            }
        } 

        private static void AddAttributesToList(ArrayList attributeList, Attribute[] attributes, Hashtable types) 
        { 
            for (int i = 0; i < attributes.Length; i++)
            { 
                Type attrType = attributes[i].GetType();
                AttributeUsageAttribute usage = (AttributeUsageAttribute)types[attrType];

                if (usage == null) 
                {
                    // the type has never been seen before if it's inheritable add it to the list 
                    usage = InternalGetAttributeUsage(attrType); 
                    types[attrType] = usage;
 
                    if (usage.Inherited)
                        attributeList.Add(attributes[i]);
                }
                else if (usage.Inherited && usage.AllowMultiple) 
                {
                    // we saw this type already add it only if it is inheritable and it does allow multiple 
                    attributeList.Add(attributes[i]); 
                }
            } 
        }

        private static AttributeUsageAttribute InternalGetAttributeUsage(Type type)
        { 
            // Check if the custom attributes is Inheritable
            Object [] obj = type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AttributeUsageAttribute), false); 
 
            if (obj.Length == 1)
                return (AttributeUsageAttribute)obj[0]; 

            if (obj.Length == 0)
                return AttributeUsageAttribute.Default;
 
            throw new FormatException(String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
                Environment.GetResourceString("Format_AttributeUsage"), type)); 
        } 

        #endregion 

        #endregion

        #region Public Statics 

        #region MemberInfo 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(MemberInfo element, Type type) 
        {
            return GetCustomAttributes(element, type, true); 
        }

        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(MemberInfo element, Type type, bool inherit)
        { 
            if (element == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element"); 
 
            if (type == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("type"); 

            if (!type.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && type != typeof(Attribute))
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass"));
 
            switch (element.MemberType)
            { 
                case MemberTypes.Property: 
                    return InternalGetCustomAttributes((PropertyInfo)element, type, inherit);
 
                case MemberTypes.Event:
                    return InternalGetCustomAttributes((EventInfo)element, type, inherit);

                default: 
                    return element.GetCustomAttributes(type, inherit) as Attribute[];
            } 
        } 

        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(MemberInfo element) 
        {
            return GetCustomAttributes(element, true);
        }
 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(MemberInfo element, bool inherit)
        { 
            if (element == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
 
            switch (element.MemberType)
            {
                case MemberTypes.Property:
                    return InternalGetCustomAttributes((PropertyInfo)element, typeof(Attribute), inherit); 

                case MemberTypes.Event: 
                    return InternalGetCustomAttributes((EventInfo)element, typeof(Attribute), inherit); 

                default: 
                    return element.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Attribute), inherit) as Attribute[];
            }
        }
 
        public static bool IsDefined(MemberInfo element, Type attributeType)
        { 
            return IsDefined(element, attributeType, true); 
        }
 
        public static bool IsDefined(MemberInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        {
            // Returns true if a custom attribute subclass of attributeType class/interface with inheritance walk
            if (element == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
 
            if (attributeType == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType");
 
            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute))
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass"));

            switch(element.MemberType) 
            {
                case MemberTypes.Property: 
                    return InternalIsDefined((PropertyInfo)element, attributeType, inherit); 

                case MemberTypes.Event: 
                    return InternalIsDefined((EventInfo)element, attributeType, inherit);

                default:
                    return element.IsDefined(attributeType, inherit); 
            }
 
        } 

        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(MemberInfo element, Type attributeType) 
        {
            return GetCustomAttribute(element, attributeType, true);
        }
 
        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(MemberInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            Attribute[] attrib = GetCustomAttributes(element, attributeType, inherit); 

            if (attrib == null || attrib.Length == 0) 
                return null;

            if (attrib.Length == 1)
                return attrib[0]; 

            throw new AmbiguousMatchException(Environment.GetResourceString("RFLCT.AmbigCust")); 
        } 

        #endregion 

        #region ParameterInfo
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(ParameterInfo element)
        { 
            return GetCustomAttributes(element, true);
        } 
 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(ParameterInfo element, Type attributeType)
        { 
            return (Attribute[])GetCustomAttributes(element, attributeType, true);
        }

        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(ParameterInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit) 
        {
            if (element == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element"); 

            if (attributeType == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType");

            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute))
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass")); 

            MemberInfo member = element.Member; 
 
            if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Method && inherit)
                return InternalParamGetCustomAttributes((MethodInfo)member, element, attributeType, inherit) as Attribute[]; 

            return element.GetCustomAttributes(attributeType, inherit) as Attribute[];
        }
 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(ParameterInfo element, bool inherit)
        { 
            if (element == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
 
            MemberInfo member = element.Member;

            if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Method && inherit)
                return InternalParamGetCustomAttributes((MethodInfo)member, element, null, inherit) as Attribute[]; 

            return element.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Attribute), inherit) as Attribute[]; 
        } 

        public static bool IsDefined(ParameterInfo element, Type attributeType) 
        {
            return IsDefined(element, attributeType, true);
        }
 
        public static bool IsDefined(ParameterInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            // Returns true is a custom attribute subclass of attributeType class/interface with inheritance walk 
            if (element == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element"); 

            if (attributeType == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType");
 
            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute))
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass")); 
 
            MemberInfo member = element.Member;
 
            switch(member.MemberType)
            {
                case MemberTypes.Method: // We need to climb up the member hierarchy
                    return InternalParamIsDefined((MethodInfo)member, element, attributeType, inherit); 

                case MemberTypes.Constructor: 
                    return element.IsDefined(attributeType, false); 

                case MemberTypes.Property: 
                    return element.IsDefined(attributeType, false);

                default:
                    BCLDebug.Assert(false, "Invalid type for ParameterInfo member in Attribute class"); 
                    throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_InvalidParamInfo"));
            } 
        } 

        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(ParameterInfo element, Type attributeType) 
        {
            return GetCustomAttribute(element, attributeType, true);
        }
 
        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(ParameterInfo element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            // Returns an Attribute of base class/inteface attributeType on the ParameterInfo or null if none exists. 
            // throws an AmbiguousMatchException if there are more than one defined.
            Attribute[] attrib = GetCustomAttributes(element, attributeType, inherit); 

            if (attrib == null || attrib.Length == 0)
                return null;
 
            if (attrib.Length == 0)
                return null; 
 
            if (attrib.Length == 1)
                return attrib[0]; 

            throw new AmbiguousMatchException(Environment.GetResourceString("RFLCT.AmbigCust"));
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        #region Module 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Module element, Type attributeType)
        { 
            return GetCustomAttributes (element, attributeType, true);
        }

        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Module element) 
        {
            return GetCustomAttributes(element, true); 
        } 

        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Module element, bool inherit) 
        {
            if (element == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
 
            return (Attribute[])element.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Attribute), inherit);
        } 
 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Module element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            if (element == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");

            if (attributeType == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType");
 
            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute)) 
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass"));
 
            return (Attribute[])element.GetCustomAttributes(attributeType, inherit);
        }

        public static bool IsDefined(Module element, Type attributeType) 
        {
            return IsDefined(element, attributeType, false); 
        } 

        public static bool IsDefined(Module element, Type attributeType, bool inherit) 
        {
            // Returns true is a custom attribute subclass of attributeType class/interface with no inheritance walk
            if (element == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element"); 

            if (attributeType == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType"); 

            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute)) 
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass"));

            return element.IsDefined(attributeType,false);
        } 

        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(Module element, Type attributeType) 
        { 
            return GetCustomAttribute(element, attributeType, true);
        } 

        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(Module element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        {
            // Returns an Attribute of base class/inteface attributeType on the Module or null if none exists. 
            // throws an AmbiguousMatchException if there are more than one defined.
            Attribute[] attrib = GetCustomAttributes(element,attributeType,inherit); 
 
            if (attrib == null || attrib.Length == 0)
                return null; 

            if (attrib.Length == 1)
                return attrib[0];
 
            throw new AmbiguousMatchException(Environment.GetResourceString("RFLCT.AmbigCust"));
        } 
 
        #endregion
 
        #region Assembly
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Assembly element, Type attributeType)
        {
            return GetCustomAttributes(element, attributeType, true); 
        }
 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Assembly element, Type attributeType, bool inherit) 
        {
            if (element == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");

            if (attributeType == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType"); 

            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute)) 
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass")); 

            return (Attribute[])element.GetCustomAttributes(attributeType, inherit); 
        }

        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Assembly element)
        { 
            return GetCustomAttributes(element, true);
        } 
 
        public static Attribute[] GetCustomAttributes(Assembly element, bool inherit)
        { 
            if (element == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element");

            return (Attribute[])element.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Attribute), inherit); 
        }
 
        public static bool IsDefined (Assembly element, Type attributeType) 
        {
            return IsDefined (element, attributeType, true); 
        }

        public static bool IsDefined (Assembly element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            // Returns true is a custom attribute subclass of attributeType class/interface with no inheritance walk
            if (element == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("element"); 

            if (attributeType == null) 
                throw new ArgumentNullException("attributeType");

            if (!attributeType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Attribute)) && attributeType != typeof(Attribute))
                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_MustHaveAttributeBaseClass")); 

            return element.IsDefined(attributeType, false); 
        } 

        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(Assembly element, Type attributeType) 
        {
            return GetCustomAttribute (element, attributeType, true);
        }
 
        public static Attribute GetCustomAttribute(Assembly element, Type attributeType, bool inherit)
        { 
            // Returns an Attribute of base class/inteface attributeType on the Assembly or null if none exists. 
            // throws an AmbiguousMatchException if there are more than one defined.
            Attribute[] attrib = GetCustomAttributes(element,attributeType,inherit); 

            if (attrib == null || attrib.Length == 0)
                return null;
 
            if (attrib.Length == 1)
                return attrib[0]; 
 
            throw new AmbiguousMatchException(Environment.GetResourceString("RFLCT.AmbigCust"));
        } 

        #endregion

        #endregion 

        #region Constructor 
        protected Attribute() { } 
        #endregion
 
        #region Object Overrides
        public override bool Equals(Object obj)
        {
             if (obj == null) 
                return false;
 
             RuntimeType thisType = (RuntimeType)this.GetType(); 
             RuntimeType thatType = (RuntimeType)obj.GetType();
 
             if (thatType != thisType)
                return false;

             Object thisObj = this; 
             Object thisResult, thatResult;
 
             FieldInfo[] thisFields = thisType.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic); 

             for (int i=0; i

                        

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