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

Attributes only allow decoration of types and members, but the attribute itself cannot acces the decorated object. You will have to use the constructor parameters of the attribute to pass in any data you require to work with within the attribute.

If you wish to use attributes to automatically alter the behaviour of their target objects, you will have to look at AOP solutions like PostSharp.