TypeDescriptor APIs

[henkmollema]

Hi there,

I was wondering what the status of the TypeDescriptor API is. Currently I am using TypeDescriptor.AddAttributes() but unfortunately this is not available on .NET Core. Is there any equivalent available or a timeline when this API will be ported?

Thanks in advance.

[svick]

I think this is duplicate of #16565.

[henkmollema]

Ah yes, thanks.

It also seems that the APIs are already ported according to this open PR: dotnet/corefx#8093.

[stephentoub]

Dup of #16565, which has been fixed by dotnet/corefx#8093.

[henkmollema]

Great. Thanks @stephentoub

[bgever]

@stephentoub This issue should be reopened, as the problem which @henkmollema pointed out is still the case when you target .NET Standard 1.0.

System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter package v4.3.0 (latest) when targeting .NET Standard contains this file: TypeDescriptor.NetStandard10.cs, and not TypeDescriptor.cs, resulting in the issue as mentioned in the opening post.

[stephentoub]

These APIs were added back for 2.0; there are currently no plans to make them available earlier.