#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) * * This file is part of HeuristicLab. * * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see . */ #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; namespace HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure { /// /// This attribute can be used to specify meta data for plugins. /// For example to specify name and description of plugins. /// [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)] public sealed class PluginAttribute : System.Attribute { private string name; /// /// Gets the name of the plugin. /// public string Name { get { return name; } } private string description; /// /// Gets the description of the plugin. /// public string Description { get { return description; } } private Version version; /// /// Gets the version of the plugin. /// public Version Version { get { return version; } } [Obsolete] public PluginAttribute(string name) : this(name, "0.0.0.0") { } /// /// Initializes a new instance of . /// Name of the plugin /// Version of the plugin /// public PluginAttribute(string name, string version) : this(name, string.Empty, version) { } /// /// Initializes a new instance of . /// /// Name of the plugin /// Description of the plugin /// Version of the plugin public PluginAttribute(string name, string description, string version) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) throw new ArgumentException("Plugin name is null or empty."); if (description == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("description"); if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(version)) new ArgumentException("Version string is null or empty."); this.name = name; this.description = description; this.version = new Version(version); // throws format exception if the version string can't be parsed } } }