Programmatically add an attribute to a method or parameter

attributes, c#, typedescriptor

Solution

`TypeDescriptor.AddAttributes` only affects a very specific use-case; i.e. from within `System.ComponentModel`. For the rest of reflection, it knows nothing about the extra attribute. And indeed, `System.ComponentModel` doesn't really apply to methods or parameters.

So in short; you can't. You will need to store this information somewhere else (bespoke), or add it at compile-time.

Problem

I can use TypeDescriptor.AddAttributes to add an attribute to a type in runtime. How do I do the same for a method and parameter? (maybe 2 separate questions...)

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