AssemblyCultureAttribute Class

2013-01-16

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Specifies which culture the assembly supports.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
System. . :: . .Attribute
System.Reflection..::..AssemblyCultureAttribute

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AssemblyCultureAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class AssemblyCultureAttribute : Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Assembly, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class AssemblyCultureAttribute sealed : public Attribute

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple = false)>]
type AssemblyCultureAttribute =  
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end

public final class AssemblyCultureAttribute extends Attribute

The AssemblyCultureAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	AssemblyCultureAttribute	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyCultureAttribute class with the culture supported by the assembly being attributed.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Culture	Gets the supported culture of the attributed assembly.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

The attribute is used by compilers to distinguish between a main assembly and a satellite assembly. A main assembly contains code and the neutral culture's resources. A satellite assembly contains only resources for a particular culture, as in [assembly:AssemblyCultureAttribute("de")]. Putting this attribute on an assembly and using something other than the empty string ("") for the culture name will make this assembly look like a satellite assembly, rather than a main assembly that contains executable code. Labeling a traditional code library with this attribute will break it, because no other code will be able to find the library's entry points at runtime.

For more information, see the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics". The documentation is available online; see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards on MSDN and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the Ecma International Web site.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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