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# core.attribute

This module contains UDA's (User Defined Attributes) either used in the runtime or special UDA's recognized by compiler.
License:
Boost License 1.0
Authors:
Jacob Carlborg

Source core/attribute.d

struct `selector`;
  Use this attribute to attach an Objective-C selector to a method.
  This is a special compiler recognized attribute, it has several requirements, which all will be enforced by the compiler:
  - The attribute can only be attached to methods or constructors which have Objective-C linkage. That is, a method or a constructor in a class or interface declared as

        extern(Objective-C)

    .
  ,
  - It cannot be attached to a method or constructor that is a template
  ,
  - The number of colons in the string need to match the number of arguments the method accept.
  ,
  - It can only be used once in a method declaration
  Examples:

      extern (Objective-C)
      class NSObject
      {
       this() @selector("init");
       static NSObject alloc() @selector("alloc");
       NSObject initWithUTF8String(in char* str) @selector("initWithUTF8String:");
       ObjcObject copyScriptingValue(ObjcObject value, NSString key, NSDictionary properties)
           @selector("copyScriptingValue:forKey:withProperties:");
      }

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