ApplyFiltersAttribute.cs

using PostSharp.Aspects;
using PostSharp.Serialization;
using System;

namespace PostSharp.Samples.Encryption
{
  [PSerializable]
  [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Parameter)]
  [LinesOfCodeAvoided(2)]
  public class ApplyFiltersAttribute : FilterAttribute
  {
    // TODO: You may want to consider a design when Filter does not apply the filter on the current instance but clones the object and filters the clone.

    public override object ApplyFilter(object value)
    {
      if (value == null)
      {
        return null;
      }

      GetFilterable(value).ApplyFilter();


      return value;
    }


    private static IFilterable GetFilterable(object value)
    {
      var filterable = value as IFilterable;

      if (filterable == null)
      {
        throw new InvalidOperationException($"The type {value.GetType().FullName} is not IFilterable.");
      }

      return filterable;
    }
  }
}