28.2. Another custom attribute example

Let's complicate things a bit more by writing another custom attribute – this time for a class only. Let's modify AttributeClass.cs to include two more attribute classes called StatusOfClassAttribute and BuggyAttribute:

  • StatusOfClassAttribute shall be a class-only attribute (you can only use it to tag a class, not a method nor any other class entity). This attribute will be used to denote if the class is completed, or still under development.

  • BuggyAttribute shall be a method-only attribute used by a team leader to tag poorly written methods from sleep-deprived developers. BuggyAttribute doesn't contain any fields within the attribute class.

Here's the new AttributeClass.cs:

 1: // AttributeClass.cs 2: using ...

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