class/corlib/System/FlagsAttribute.cs

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   2 // System.FlagsAttribute.cs
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   4 // Author:
   5 //   Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com)
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  32 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
  33
  34 namespace System {
  35
  36         /// <summary>
  37         ///   The FlagsAttribute tags enumerations as bitfields.
  38         /// </summary>
  39         ///
  40         /// <remarks>
  41         ///   The FlagsAttribute can be used to tag an enumeration to be
  42         ///   a bit field.  This will allow the compiler and visual tools
  43         ///   to treat the bits in an enumeration as a set of flags.
  44         /// </remarks>
  45
  46         [AttributeUsage (AttributeTargets.Enum, Inherited=false)]
  47         [Serializable]
  48         [ComVisible (true)]
  49         public class FlagsAttribute : Attribute {
  50
  51                 // No methods.
  52
  53         }
  54 }