Attributes VS Property!

[Chua Wen Ching]

Hi i had 1 question.

I had 2 ways to doing this, but i not sure which is the best way. My colleague ask me this and i had no idea why i choose either one of these.

I want to get version number of a library. Just ignore AssemblyInfo for a while, as i need to set version of each class within the library.

1st way:

by custom attributes

Example
[VersionAttribute("1.0.0.1")]
public class Animal
{

}

or

2nd way:

private string versionNumber = "1.0.0.1";

public string VersionNumber
{
get
{
return versionNumber;
}
}

Please help. Thanks. I just need a confirmation, well i would prefer attributes as it is easy.
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)

[Simon Smith]

On 06 Jul 2004 12:48, "Chua Wen Ching" wrote:

Hi i had 1 question.

I had 2 ways to doing this, but i not sure which is the best way. My colleague
ask me this and i had no idea why i choose either one of these.

I want to get version number of a library. Just ignore AssemblyInfo for a
while, as i need to set version of each class within the library.

1st way:

by custom attributes

Example
[VersionAttribute("1.0.0.1")]
public class Animal 2nd way:

private string versionNumber = "1.0.0.1";

Please help. Thanks. I just need a confirmation, well i would prefer attributes
as it is easy.

I think you're right, because using a private string member adds stuff
to the class which has nothing to do with what the class actually does.
Adding an Attribute to a class adds information relevant to the class,
and version is as relevant as most other stuff.

--
Simon Smith
simon dot s at ghytred dot com
www.ghytred.com/NewsLook - NNTP Client for Outlook

[Simon Smith]

On 06 Jul 2004 15:24, "Chua Wen Ching" wrote:

Hi Simon Smith,

Does it means using attributes is the right way to do it? I just need some
verification. :)

Thanks again.

For this, then yes, I think an attribute is the right way.

--
Simon Smith
simon dot s at ghytred dot com
www.ghytred.com/NewsLook - NNTP for Outlook

[Manoj G [MVP]]

Hi,

Simon is right. Version is like a Meta information of the class and has
nothing with the implementation. Adding it as an attribute automattically
adds this information to the type metadata and can be extracted thru
reflection.
--
HTH,
Manoj G
[MVP , Visual Developer - Visual Basic ]
http://msmvps.com/manoj/

"Chua Wen Ching" <ch************@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Simon Smith,

Does it means using attributes is the right way to do it? I just need some verification. :)
Thanks again.
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)
"Simon Smith" wrote:

On 06 Jul 2004 12:48, "Chua Wen Ching" wrote:

Hi i had 1 question.

I had 2 ways to doing this, but i not sure which is the best way. My colleagueask me this and i had no idea why i choose either one of these.

I want to get version number of a library. Just ignore AssemblyInfo for awhile, as i need to set version of each class within the library.

1st way:

by custom attributes

Example
[VersionAttribute("1.0.0.1")]
public class Animal

2nd way:

private string versionNumber = "1.0.0.1";

Please help. Thanks. I just need a confirmation, well i would prefer attributesas it is easy.

I think you're right, because using a private string member adds stuff
to the class which has nothing to do with what the class actually does.
Adding an Attribute to a class adds information relevant to the class,
and version is as relevant as most other stuff.

--
Simon Smith
simon dot s at ghytred dot com
www.ghytred.com/NewsLook - NNTP Client for Outlook

[Chua Wen Ching]

Hi Simon Smith,

Thanks again.
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)
"Simon Smith" wrote:

On 06 Jul 2004 15:24, "Chua Wen Ching" wrote:

Hi Simon Smith,

Does it means using attributes is the right way to do it? I just need some
verification. :)

Thanks again.

For this, then yes, I think an attribute is the right way.

--
Simon Smith
simon dot s at ghytred dot com
www.ghytred.com/NewsLook - NNTP for Outlook

[Chua Wen Ching]

Hi Manoj G,

Thanks. I will bear that in mind :)
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)
"Manoj G [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Simon is right. Version is like a Meta information of the class and has
nothing with the implementation. Adding it as an attribute automattically
adds this information to the type metadata and can be extracted thru
reflection.
--
HTH,
Manoj G
[MVP , Visual Developer - Visual Basic ]
http://msmvps.com/manoj/

"Chua Wen Ching" <ch************@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Simon Smith,

Does it means using attributes is the right way to do it? I just need some

verification. :)

Thanks again.
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)
"Simon Smith" wrote:

On 06 Jul 2004 12:48, "Chua Wen Ching" wrote:
>Hi i had 1 question.
>
>I had 2 ways to doing this, but i not sure which is the best way. My colleague >ask me this and i had no idea why i choose either one of these.
>
>I want to get version number of a library. Just ignore AssemblyInfo for a >while, as i need to set version of each class within the library.
>
>1st way:
>
>by custom attributes
>
>Example
>[VersionAttribute("1.0.0.1")]
>public class Animal

>2nd way:
>
>private string versionNumber = "1.0.0.1";
>
>Please help. Thanks. I just need a confirmation, well i would prefer attributes >as it is easy.

I think you're right, because using a private string member adds stuff
to the class which has nothing to do with what the class actually does.
Adding an Attribute to a class adds information relevant to the class,
and version is as relevant as most other stuff.

--
Simon Smith
simon dot s at ghytred dot com
www.ghytred.com/NewsLook - NNTP Client for Outlook

[Chua Wen Ching]

Hi WillemM,

Thanks for your tips :) I will bear that in mind. Cheers.
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)
"WillemM" wrote:

I prefer the attribute, since it's a class attribute and has nothing to do with the actual code :)

"Chua Wen Ching" wrote:

Hi i had 1 question.

I had 2 ways to doing this, but i not sure which is the best way. My colleague ask me this and i had no idea why i choose either one of these.

I want to get version number of a library. Just ignore AssemblyInfo for a while, as i need to set version of each class within the library.

1st way:

by custom attributes

Example
[VersionAttribute("1.0.0.1")]
public class Animal
{

}

or

2nd way:

private string versionNumber = "1.0.0.1";

public string VersionNumber
{
get
{
return versionNumber;
}
}

Please help. Thanks. I just need a confirmation, well i would prefer attributes as it is easy.
--
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :)