Protection Runtime Moniker

Some protections only make sense on one runtime. If yours is built for Mono and would do nothing (or break things) elsewhere, say so with a runtime moniker attribute. BitMono then warns the user when they enable it, something like “Intended for Mono runtime”, so nobody’s surprised.

[RuntimeMonikerMono] // this protection is meant for the Mono runtime
public class MonoPacker : Packer

That’s all you have to do. BitMono reads the attribute by reflection and shows the message in the protections list (CLI or GUI), no registration, no extra wiring.

Built-in monikers

• [RuntimeMonikerMono] — Mono

• [RuntimeMonikerNETCore] — .NET / .NET Core

• [RuntimeMonikerNETFramework] — .NET Framework

No moniker at all means the protection is assumed to work everywhere.

Your own moniker

Need a runtime that isn’t in the list? Subclass RuntimeMonikerAttribute and pass its name, the name is what shows up in the warning message:

public class RuntimeMonikerRustAttribute : RuntimeMonikerAttribute
{
    public RuntimeMonikerRustAttribute() : base("Rust")
    {
    }
}

Then use it like any built-in one:

[RuntimeMonikerRust] // works on Protection, PipelineProtection or Packer
public class RustPacker : Packer

Now anyone enabling RustPacker gets told it’s “intended for Rust runtime”.

Note

A moniker only informs the user, it doesn’t stop the protection from running. If you need a protection skipped automatically on a given build, that’s a different mechanism, see IL2CPP Compatibility.