[Gtk-sharp-list] Glade example code

[Jonathan Pryor]

Below...

On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 10:57, Ian Pointer wrote:
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> [Glade.Widget] Button button1;
> 
> I get that this somehow connects the new GtkButton object to the one in 
> the Glade file, but, uh, how does it do it? If you could just give me 
> the name of the language feature being used so I could go and search 
> for it, it would be a great help 8-).

That's an Attribute.  Attributes can be attached to most language
constructs except for local variables -- classes, structures,
interfaces, fields, events, properties, methods, assemblies, etc.

You can query for the attributes attached to an item at runtime by using
System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute or
System.Reflection.ICustomAttributeProvider.GetCustomAttributes. 
ICustomAttributeProvider is implemented by System.Type and many of the
classes in the System.Reflection namespace, such as MethodInfo and
FieldInfo.

 - Jon