OK, here is the deal – I want to get back an array of all
the custom attributes assigned to my class. In my instance I
have three custom attributes I have applied to the class.
When I call GetCustomAttributes against the type I only want
to see the custom attributes that I have added, not all the
ones the ASP.NET runtime adds. When I ran my test I was
getting an array of 13 attributes which included
System.ComponentModel attributes that I don’t care about.
How do you get rid of them? Create a BaseAttribute class
derived from System.Attribute and then derive your attribute
classes from this BaseAttribute class. Then use the
GetCustomAttributes(System.Type, bool inherited) overload
and pass in a reference to your BaseAttribute class as the
type. This will cause your array to be limited to only
attributes that derive from your base class; in my instance
limiting to only the 3 custom attributes that I added!