MetadataReaderProvider.GetMetadataReader Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly:: System.Reflection.Metadata.dll

Package:: System.Reflection.Metadata v8.0.0

Package:: System.Reflection.Metadata v9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9

Source:: MetadataReaderProvider.cs

Source:: MetadataReaderProvider.cs

Source:: MetadataReaderProvider.cs

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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

MetadataReader

A MetadataReader instance.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The encoding of utf8Decoder is not UTF8Encoding.

PlatformNotSupportedException

The current platform is big-endian.

IOException

IO error while reading from the underlying stream.

ObjectDisposedException

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.

Applies to