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1 //
2 // System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute.cs
3 //
4 // Authors:
5 // Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com)
6 // Andreas Nahr (ClassDevelopment@A-SoftTech.com)
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9 // (C) 2003 Andreas Nahr
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34 namespace System.ComponentModel {
36 [AttributeUsage (AttributeTargets.All)]
37 public class DescriptionAttribute : Attribute
39 private string desc;
41 public static readonly DescriptionAttribute Default = new DescriptionAttribute ();
43 public DescriptionAttribute ()
45 desc = string.Empty;
48 public DescriptionAttribute (string name)
50 desc = name;
53 public virtual string Description {
54 get {
55 return DescriptionValue;
60 // Notice that the default Description implementation uses this by default
62 protected string DescriptionValue {
63 get {
64 return desc;
67 set {
68 desc = value;
72 public override bool Equals (object obj)
74 if (!(obj is DescriptionAttribute))
75 return false;
76 if (obj == this)
77 return true;
78 return ((DescriptionAttribute) obj).Description == desc;
81 public override int GetHashCode ()
83 return desc.GetHashCode ();