BlobReader.ReadConstant(ConstantTypeCode) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly:: System.Reflection.Metadata.dll

Source:: BlobReader.cs

Source:: BlobReader.cs

Source:: BlobReader.cs

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Reads a constant value (see ECMA-335 Partition II section 22.9) from the current position.

public:
 System::Object ^ ReadConstant(System::Reflection::Metadata::ConstantTypeCode typeCode);

public object? ReadConstant (System.Reflection.Metadata.ConstantTypeCode typeCode);

public object ReadConstant (System.Reflection.Metadata.ConstantTypeCode typeCode);

member this.ReadConstant : System.Reflection.Metadata.ConstantTypeCode -> obj

Public Function ReadConstant (typeCode As ConstantTypeCode) As Object

Parameters

typeCode: ConstantTypeCode

Returns

Object

A boxed constant value. To avoid allocating the object use Read* methods directly.

Exceptions

BadImageFormatException

Error while reading from the blob.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

typeCode is not a valid ConstantTypeCode.

Remarks

Constants of type String are encoded as UTF16 strings, use ReadUTF16(Int32) to read them.

Applies to