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Retrieves a custom attribute applied to a specified assembly

using System; using System.Reflection; public class DemoClass {     static void Main(string[] args)     {         Type clsType = typeof(DemoClass);         Assembly assy = clsType.Assembly;         String assyName = assy.GetName().Name;         bool isdef = Attribute.IsDefined(assy, typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute));         if (isdef)         {             Console.WriteLine(assyName);             AssemblyDescriptionAttribute adAttr = (AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(assy, typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute));             if (adAttr != null)                 Console.WriteLine("The description is \"{0}\".", adAttr.Description);         }     } }