AssemblyExtensions.TryGetRawMetadata(Assembly, Byte*, Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly:: System.Runtime.Loader.dll

Source:: AssemblyExtensions.cs

Source:: AssemblyExtensions.cs

Source:: AssemblyExtensions.cs

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Important

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Retrieves the metadata section of the assembly, for use with MetadataReader.

public:
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static bool TryGetRawMetadata(System::Reflection::Assembly ^ assembly, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Byte* % blob, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] int % length);

[System.CLSCompliant(false)]
public static bool TryGetRawMetadata (this System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, out byte* blob, out int length);

[<System.CLSCompliant(false)>]
static member TryGetRawMetadata : System.Reflection.Assembly * Byte* * int -> bool

Parameters

assembly: Assembly

The assembly from which to retrieve the metadata.

blob: Byte*

When this method returns, contains the pointer to the metadata section blob.

length: Int32

When this method returns, contains the length of the metadata section blob.

Returns

Boolean

true if the metadata is retrieved successfully; false upon failure. The metadata might not be available for some assemblies, such as AssemblyBuilder and AOT images.

Attributes: CLSCompliantAttribute

Remarks

Callers should not write to the metadata blob.

The metadata blob pointer will remain valid as long as the assembly is alive.

The caller is responsible for keeping the assembly object alive while accessing the metadata blob.

Applies to

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