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What does square bracket [] mean in the below code?
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what is [] brackets in .net? [duplicate]
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Sorry for the silly question, but I came across the following C# code and I'm wondering what the [Flags] portion is and what it does.
[Flags]
public enum UserFlags
{
//...
}
Thank you in advance.
It's a class attribute. There are also method attributes for example.
You can even write your own
They are usually used to define meta information or behaviour about a class or method and can be read using reflection.
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I'm using System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer to serialize an object to JSON, but there are some fields within the object which don't need to be serialized. In java I would mark them with the 'transient' keyword. Is there an equivalent keyword or standard practice in C#?
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i've been developing in c# for 4 month and I still dont know what does the [] means in entity framework.
Here an example
[Column("mycolumn")]
public int Column {get;set;}
What is it functionality?
Its there another situation that i have to use it or just with entity framework?
Square brackets [ & ] mean a few different things in C#, but in this case they are saying that "Column" is an Attribute. An attribute is basically design time information that you add to classes or properties for various reasons. You can also make your own ;)
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Enum “Inheritance”
I've been trying to do something like inheritance in Enum. I wanted a base Enum with multiple values from different Enums.
the best approach will be answered below.
Enum is a value type and consequently sealed, i.e. cannot be inherited.
See also Enum “Inheritance”
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I would like to know if I get it correctly: also with this keyword I can distinct between fields and variables?
Like this:
class X
{
int x;
public X(int x)
{
this.x=x;
}
}
Yes, if a method parameter (or local variable) has the same name as a field, you need to use this to distinguish the two. Also, StyleCop is very vocal about every class member access being done through this, but whether that's a good idea or not may be up to debate. It makes things more clear, but also adds much visual clutter.