ModuleBuilder.GetStringMetadataToken(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection.Emit

Assembly:

System.Reflection.Emit.dll

Source:

ModuleBuilder.cs

When overridden in a derived class, returns the metadata token for the given String constant relative to the Module.

public:
 abstract int GetStringMetadataToken(System::String ^ stringConstant);

public abstract int GetStringMetadataToken (string stringConstant);

abstract member GetStringMetadataToken : string -> int

Public MustOverride Function GetStringMetadataToken (stringConstant As String) As Integer

Parameters

stringConstant

String

The String constant for which to retrieve the token.

Returns

Int32

An integer representing the metadata token.

Remarks

Tokens are used to identify objects when the objects are used in IL instructions. Tokens are always relative to the Module.