Is it possible to conditionally hide properties at compile time in .Net?

Question

Depending on a preprocessor directive, I want to set all properties in a class to EditorBrowsableAttribute.Never.

I thought about creating a custom attribute, derived from EditorBrowsableAttribute, but unfortunately that class is sealed.

I've had a look at ICustomTypeDescriptor, but in the GetProperties method, I can get hold of each property descriptor, but the attributes collection is readonly.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Have a look at this article and see if does what you are looking for.

Answer 2

One approach is to explicitly use the #if syntax

#if SOMECONDITION
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
#endif
public int SomeProperty { get; set; }