MetadataReaderProvider.GetMetadataReader Method
Definition
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Gets a MetadataReader from a MetadataReaderProvider.
public System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader GetMetadataReader (System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions options = System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions.Default, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataStringDecoder? utf8Decoder = default);
public System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader GetMetadataReader (System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions options = System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions.ApplyWindowsRuntimeProjections, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataStringDecoder? utf8Decoder = default);
public System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader GetMetadataReader (System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions options = System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions.ApplyWindowsRuntimeProjections, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataStringDecoder utf8Decoder = default);
public System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader GetMetadataReader (System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions options = System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions.Default, System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataStringDecoder utf8Decoder = default);
member this.GetMetadataReader : System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions * System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataStringDecoder -> System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader
Public Function GetMetadataReader (Optional options As MetadataReaderOptions = System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions.Default, Optional utf8Decoder As MetadataStringDecoder = Nothing) As MetadataReader
Public Function GetMetadataReader (Optional options As MetadataReaderOptions = System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReaderOptions.ApplyWindowsRuntimeProjections, Optional utf8Decoder As MetadataStringDecoder = Nothing) As MetadataReader
Parameters
- options
- MetadataReaderOptions
A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that represent the configuration when reading the metadata.
- utf8Decoder
- MetadataStringDecoder
The encoding to use.
Returns
A MetadataReader instance.
Exceptions
The encoding of utf8Decoder
is not UTF8Encoding.
The current platform is big-endian.
IO error while reading from the underlying stream.
Provider has been disposed.
Remarks
The caller must keep the MetadataReaderProvider undisposed throughout the lifetime of the metadata reader.
If this method is called multiple times, each call with arguments equal to the arguments passed to the previous successful call returns the same instance of MetadataReader as the previous call.