Public MustOverride Function GetCustomAttributes ( _
    inherit As Boolean _
) As Object()

Dim instance As MemberInfo
Dim inherit As Boolean
Dim returnValue As Object()

returnValue = instance.GetCustomAttributes(inherit)

public abstract Object[] GetCustomAttributes (
    bool inherit
)

public:
virtual array<Object^>^ GetCustomAttributes (
    bool inherit
) abstract

public abstract Object[] GetCustomAttributes (
    boolean inherit
)

public abstract function GetCustomAttributes (
    inherit : boolean
) : Object[]

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

' Define a custom attribute with one named parameter.
<AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All)> Public Class MyAttribute
    Inherits Attribute
    Private myName As String

    Public Sub New(ByVal name As String)
        myName = name
    End Sub 'New

    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
        Get
            Return myName
        End Get
    End Property
End Class 'MyAttribute

' Define a class that has the custom attribute associated with one of its members.
Public Class MyClass1

    <MyAttribute("This is an example attribute.")> Public Sub MyMethod(ByVal i As Integer)
        Return
    End Sub 'MyMethod
End Class 'MyClass1


Public Class MemberInfo_GetCustomAttributes

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            ' Get the type of MyClass1.
            Dim myType As Type = GetType(MyClass1)
            ' Get the members associated with MyClass1.
            Dim myMembers As MemberInfo() = myType.GetMembers()

            ' Display the attributes for each of the members of MyClass1.
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To myMembers.Length - 1
                Dim myAttributes As [Object]() = myMembers(i).GetCustomAttributes(False)
                If myAttributes.Length > 0 Then
                    Console.WriteLine("The attributes for the member {0} are: ", myMembers(i))
                    Dim j As Integer
                    For j = 0 To myAttributes.Length - 1
                        Console.WriteLine("The type of the attribute is: {0}", myAttributes(j))
                    Next j
                End If
            Next i
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: {0}.", e.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'MemberInfo_GetCustomAttributes

using System;
using System.Reflection;

// Define a custom attribute with one named parameter.
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All)]
public class MyAttribute : Attribute
{
    private string myName;
    public MyAttribute(string name)
    {
        myName = name;
    }
    public string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return myName;
        }
    }
}

// Define a class that has the custom attribute associated with one of its members.
public class MyClass1
{
    [MyAttribute("This is an example attribute.")]
    public void MyMethod(int i)
    {
        return;
    }
}

public class MemberInfo_GetCustomAttributes
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            // Get the type of MyClass1.
            Type myType = typeof(MyClass1);
            // Get the members associated with MyClass1.
            MemberInfo[] myMembers = myType.GetMembers();

            // Display the attributes for each of the members of MyClass1.
            for(int i = 0; i < myMembers.Length; i++)
            {
                Object[] myAttributes = myMembers[i].GetCustomAttributes(true);
                if(myAttributes.Length > 0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("\nThe attributes for the member {0} are: \n", myMembers[i]);
                    for(int j = 0; j < myAttributes.Length; j++)
                        Console.WriteLine("The type of the attribute is {0}.", myAttributes[j]);
                }
            }
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: {0}", e.Message);
        }
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

// Define a custom attribute with one named parameter.

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::All)]
public ref class MyAttribute: public Attribute
{
private:
   String^ myName;

public:
   MyAttribute( String^ name )
   {
      myName = name;
   }

   property String^ Name 
   {
      String^ get()
      {
         return myName;
      }
   }
};

// Define a class that has the custom attribute associated with one of its members.
public ref class MyClass1
{
public:

   [MyAttribute("This is an example attribute.")]
   void MyMethod( int i )
   {
      return;
   }
};

int main()
{
   try
   {
      // Get the type of MyClass1.
      Type^ myType = MyClass1::typeid;

      // Get the members associated with MyClass1.
      array<MemberInfo^>^myMembers = myType->GetMembers();

      // Display the attributes for each of the members of MyClass1.
      for ( int i = 0; i < myMembers->Length; i++ )
      {
         array<Object^>^myAttributes = myMembers[ i ]->GetCustomAttributes( true );
         if ( myAttributes->Length > 0 )
         {
            Console::WriteLine( "\nThe attributes for the member {0} are: \n", myMembers[ i ] );
            for ( int j = 0; j < myAttributes->Length; j++ )
               Console::WriteLine( "The type of the attribute is {0}.", myAttributes[ j ] );
         }
      }
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "An exception occurred: {0}", e->Message );
   }
}

import System.*;
import System.Reflection.*;

// Define a custom attribute with one named parameter.
/** @attribute AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All)
 */
public class MyAttribute extends Attribute
{
    private String myName;

    public MyAttribute(String name)
    {
        myName = name;
    } //MyAttribute

    /** @property 
     */
    public String get_Name()
    {
        return myName;
    } //get_Name
} //MyAttribute

// Define a class that has the custom attribute associated 
// with one of its members.
public class MyClass1
{
    /** @attribute MyAttribute("This is an example attribute.")
     */
    public void MyMethod(int i)
    {
        return;
    } //MyMethod
} //MyClass1

public class MemberInfo_GetCustomAttributes
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try {
            // Get the type of MyClass1.
            Type myType = MyClass1.class.ToType();

            // Get the members associated with MyClass1.
            MemberInfo myMembers[] = myType.GetMembers();

            // Display the attributes for each of the members of MyClass1.
            for (int i = 0; i < myMembers.length; i++) {
                Object myAttributes[] = ((MemberInfo)myMembers.get_Item(i)).
                    GetCustomAttributes(true);
                if (myAttributes.length > 0) {
                    Console.WriteLine("\nThe attributes for the member "
                        + "{0} are: \n", myMembers.get_Item(i));
                    for (int j = 0; j < myAttributes.length; j++) {
                        Console.WriteLine("The type of the attribute is {0}.", 
                            myAttributes.get_Item(j));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (System.Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: {0}", e.get_Message());
        }
    } //main
} //MemberInfo_GetCustomAttributes