MetadataReader Constructors

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly:

System.Reflection.Metadata.dll

Overloads

MetadataReader(Byte*, Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the MetadataReader class from the metadata stored at the given memory location.
MetadataReader(Byte*, Int32, MetadataReaderOptions)	Initializes a new instance of the MetadataReader class from the metadata stored at the given memory location.
MetadataReader(Byte*, Int32, MetadataReaderOptions, MetadataStringDecoder)	Initializes a new instance of the MetadataReader class from the metadata stored at the given memory location.

MetadataReader(Byte*, Int32)

Source:

MetadataReader.cs

Initializes a new instance of the MetadataReader class from the metadata stored at the given memory location.

C#

public MetadataReader(byte* metadata, int length);

Parameters

metadata

Byte*

A pointer to the first byte in a block of metadata.

length

Int32

The number of bytes in the block.

Remarks

The memory is owned by the caller. It must be kept alive and unmodified throughout the lifetime of the MetadataReader.

MetadataReader(Byte*, Int32, MetadataReaderOptions)

Source:

MetadataReader.cs

Initializes a new instance of the MetadataReader class from the metadata stored at the given memory location.

C#

public MetadataReader(byte* metadata, int length, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions options);

Parameters

metadata

Byte*

length

Int32

options

MetadataReaderOptions

Remarks

The memory is owned by the caller. It must be kept memory alive and unmodified throughout the lifetime of the MetadataReader.

Use PEReaderExtensions.GetMetadataReader(PEReader, MetadataReaderOptions) to obtain metadata from a PE image.

MetadataReader(Byte*, Int32, MetadataReaderOptions, MetadataStringDecoder)

Source:

MetadataReader.cs

Initializes a new instance of the MetadataReader class from the metadata stored at the given memory location.

C#

public MetadataReader(byte* metadata, int length, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions options, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataStringDecoder? utf8Decoder);

Parameters

metadata

Byte*

length

Int32

options

MetadataReaderOptions

utf8Decoder

MetadataStringDecoder

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

length is not positive.

ArgumentNullException

metadata is null.

ArgumentException

The encoding of utf8Decoder is not UTF8Encoding.

PlatformNotSupportedException

The current platform is big-endian.

BadImageFormatException

Bad metadata header.

Remarks

The memory is owned by the caller. It must be kept memory alive and unmodified throughout the lifetime of the MetadataReader.

Use PEReaderExtensions.GetMetadataReader(PEReader, MetadataReaderOptions, MetadataStringDecoder) to obtain metadata from a PE image.