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September 18th, 2011, 02:46 PM

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Hi,

Why do we need attributes in c sharp, and what are their purpose?

Plz help me.

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Attributes offer metadata. Such information is used by the compiler (e.g. ObsoleteAttribute), by Visual Studio, by classes from the Framework (serialization, WCF...).
You should read the Reflection chapter of Professional C# 4 for more information on attributes.

I hope this helps,
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