IMetaDataAssemblyImport Interface

Provides methods to access and examine the contents of an assembly manifest.

interface IMetaDataAssemblyImport : IUnknown {
        
    HRESULT CloseEnum (
        HCORENUM hEnum
    );
        
    HRESULT EnumAssemblyRefs (
        [in][out] HCORENUM    *phEnum, 
        [out] mdAssemblyRef rAssemblyRefs[], 
        [in]  ULONG       cMax, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcTokens
    );
        
    HRESULT EnumExportedTypes (
        [in][out] HCORENUM    *phEnum, 
        [out] mdExportedType   rExportedTypes[], 
        [in]  ULONG       cMax, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcTokens
    );
        
    HRESULT EnumFiles (
        [in][out] HCORENUM    *phEnum, 
        [out] mdFile      rFiles[], 
        [in]  ULONG       cMax, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcTokens
    );
        
    HRESULT EnumManifestResources (
        [in][out] HCORENUM    *phEnum, 
        [out] mdManifestResource  rManifestResources[], 
        [in]  ULONG       cMax, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcTokens
    ); 
        
    HRESULT FindAssembliesByName (
        [in]  LPCWSTR  szAppBase, 
        [in]  LPCWSTR  szPrivateBin, 
        [in]  LPCWSTR  szAssemblyName, 
        [out] IUnknown *ppIUnk[], 
        [in]  ULONG    cMax, 
        [out] ULONG    *pcAssemblies
    );
        
    HRESULT FindExportedTypeByName (
        [in]  LPCWSTR     szName, 
        [in]  mdToken     mdtExportedType, 
        [out] mdExportedType   *ptkExportedType
     );
        
    HRESULT FindManifestResourceByName (
        [in]  LPCWSTR     szName, 
        [out] mdManifestResource *ptkManifestResource
    ); 
        
    HRESULT GetAssemblyFromScope (
        [out] mdAssembly  *ptkAssembly
    );
        
    HRESULT GetAssemblyProps (
        [in]  mdAssembly  mda,
        [out] const void  **ppbPublicKey, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcbPublicKey,
        [out] ULONG       *pulHashAlgId,
        [out] LPWSTR      szName,
        [out] ULONG       cchName,
        [out] ULONG       *pchName,
        [out] ASSEMBLYMETADATA *pMetaData,
        [out] DWORD       *pdwAssemblyFlags
    );
        
    HRESULT GetAssemblyRefProps (
        [in]  mdAssemblyRef mdar, 
        [in]  const void  **ppbPublicKeyOrToken, 
          [out] ULONG       *pcbPublicKeyOrToken, 
        [out] LPWSTR      szName, 
        [in]  ULONG       cchName, 
        [out] ULONG       *pchName, 
        [out] ASSEMBLYMETADATA *pMetaData, 
        [out] const void  **ppbHashValue, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcbHashValue, 
        [out] DWORD       *pdwAssemblyRefFlags
    );
        
    HRESULT GetExportedTypeProps (
        [in]  mdExportedType   mdct, 
        [out] LPWSTR      szName, 
        [in]  ULONG       cchName, 
        [out] ULONG       *pchName, 
        [out] mdToken     *ptkImplementation, 
        [out] mdTypeDef   *ptkTypeDef, 
        [out] DWORD       *pdwExportedTypeFlags
    );
        
    HRESULT GetFileProps (
        [in]  mdFile      mdf, 
        [out] LPWSTR      szName, 
        [in]  ULONG       cchName, 
        [out] ULONG       *pchName, 
        [out] const void  **ppbHashValue, 
        [out] ULONG       *pcbHashValue, 
        [out] DWORD       *pdwFileFlags
    );
        
    HRESULT GetManifestResourceProps (
        [in]  mdManifestResource  mdmr, 
        [out] LPWSTR      szName, 
        [in]  ULONG       cchName, 
        [out] ULONG       *pchName, 
        [out] mdToken     *ptkImplementation, 
        [out] DWORD       *pdwOffset, 
        [out] DWORD       *pdwResourceFlags
    );
        
};

Methods

Method	Description
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::CloseEnum Method	Releases the handle to the specified enumerator.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::EnumAssemblyRefs Method	Gets an interface pointer to an enumerator that contains the mdAssemblyRef tokens of the assemblies referenced by the assembly in the current metadata scope.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::EnumExportedTypes Method	Gets an interface pointer to an enumerator that contains the mdExportedType tokens of the COM types referenced by the assembly in the current metadata scope.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::EnumFiles Method	Gets an interface pointer to an enumerator that contains the mdFile tokens of the files referenced by the assembly in the current metadata scope.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::EnumManifestResources Method	Gets an interface pointer to an enumerator that contains the mdManifestResource tokens of the resources referenced by the assembly in the current metadata scope.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::FindAssembliesByName Method	Gets an array of mdAssemblyRef tokens for the assemblies with the specified name.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::FindExportedTypeByName Method	Gets an mdExportedType token for the COM type with the specified name.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::FindManifestResourceByName Method	Gets an mdManifestResource token for the resource with the specified name.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::GetAssemblyFromScope Method	Gets the token for the assembly in the current metadata scope.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::GetAssemblyProps Method	Gets the property settings of the specified assembly.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::GetAssemblyRefProps Method	Gets the property settings of the specified mdAssemblyRef token.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::GetExportedTypeProps Method	Gets the property settings of the specified COM type.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::GetFileProps Method	Gets the property settings of the specified file.
IMetaDataAssemblyImport::GetManifestResourceProps Method	Gets the property settings of the specified manifest resource.

Requirements

Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family

Header: Cor.h

Library: Used as a resource in Mscoree.dll

.NET Framework Version: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

See Also

Reference

IMetaDataAssemblyEmit Interface

Other Resources

Metadata Interfaces