// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
namespace System.Composition
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Specifies metadata for a type, property, field, or method marked with the
    ///     <see cref="ExportAttribute"/>.
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Interface | AttributeTargets.Property,
                    AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = false)]
    public sealed class ExportMetadataAttribute : Attribute
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ExportMetadataAttribute"/> with the
        ///     specified name and metadata value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">
        ///     A <see cref="string"/> containing the name of the metadata value; or
        ///     <see langword="null"/> to set the <see cref="Name"/> property to an empty
        ///     string ("").
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="value">
        ///     An <see cref="object"/> containing the metadata value. This can be
        ///     <see langword="null"/>.
        /// </param>
        public ExportMetadataAttribute(string name, object value)
        {
            Name = name ?? string.Empty;
            Value = value;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets the name of the metadata value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        ///     A <see cref="string"/> containing the name of the metadata value.
        /// </value>
        public string Name { get; }
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets the metadata value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        ///     An <see cref="object"/> containing the metadata value.
        /// </value>
        public object Value { get; }
    }
}