Why does my .NET Attribute not perform an action?

Question

I\'ve created a simple Attribute:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method)]
public class InitAttribute : System.Attribute
{
    public InitAttribute()
    {
         


        

Answer 1

If you need to perform an action as control enters a method, you should look at aspect-oriented programming and frameworks such as PostSharp. Attributes are not designed to perform anything by themselves. They are just a bunch of data (or metadata if you will) attached to stuff in IL assemblies that can be queried at runtime.