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| <h1>Metadata Reading</h1>
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| 
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| 	<p>The Metadata API gives developers low-level access to the
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| 	information encoded in CLI modules: type and
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| 	methods definitions encoded in metadata as well as access to
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| 	the CIL code and embedded resources.
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| 
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| 	<p>Managed developers access this information using either the
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| 	System.Reflection API or a library
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| 	like <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/Cecil">Cecil</a>.
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| 
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| 	<p>To start using the Metadata API it is necessary
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| 	to <a href="mono-api-assembly.html#cil_assembly_load">open an
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| 	assembly</a> or a CIL image (a .dll or .exe file) using one of
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| 	the
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| 	<a href="mono-api-image.html#cil_image_open">CIL image
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| 	opening</a> API calls.
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| 
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| <h2>Metadata Heaps</h2>
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| 
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| 	<p>ECMA CLI images contain four heaps that store different
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| 	kinds of information, these are:
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| 
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| 	<ul>
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| 		<li>GUID heap (called #GUID) contains 128-bit GUIDs,
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| 		you can get pointer to a GUID value by
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| 		calling <a href="#api:mono_metadata_guid_heap">mono_metadata_guid_heap</a>.
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| 
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| 		<li>User string heap (called #US), it contains user
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| 		visible strings, you can fetch a string from this heap
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| 		by calling
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| 		<a href="#api:mono_metadata_user_string">mono_metadata_user_string</a>.
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| 
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| 		<li>Blob heap (called #blob), it contains binary
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| 		blobs of data, you can get a blob
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| 		by <a href="#api:mono_metadata_blob_heap">mono_metadata_blob_heap</a>.
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| 		You can determine the size of the blob using
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| 		the <a href="#api:mono_metadata_decode_blob_size">mono_metadata_decode_blob_size</a>. 
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| 	
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| 	</ul>
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| 
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| 	<p>The ECMA file format also has an extra section called the
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| 	"#~" stream, this stream is the one that holds the metadata
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| 	tables.   There is a high-level API to get access to the
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| 	contents of this API, described in the
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| 	section <a href="#metadata-tables">Metadata Tables</a>.
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| 	
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| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_guid_heap">mono_metadata_guid_heap</a></h4>
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| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_string_heap">mono_metadata_string_heap</a></h4>
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| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_blob_heap">mono_metadata_blob_heap</a></h4>
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| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_user_string">mono_metadata_user_string</a></h4>
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| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_blob_size">mono_metadata_decode_blob_size</a></h4>
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| 
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| <a name="metadata-tables"/>
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| <h2>Metadata Tables</h2>
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| 
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| 	<p>Metadata is encoded in a number of tables included on every
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| 	CIL image.   These tables contain type definitions, member
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| 	definitions and so on, these constants are defined in the ECMA 335
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| 	specification Partition II section 22.   The following table
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| 	shows the C constants defined in the Mono runtime and how they
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| 	map to the equivalent ECMA CLI metadata table:
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| 
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| 	<center>
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| 	<table border=1>
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| 	  <thead>
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| 	    <td>
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| 	       <b>ECMA CLI Table Name</b>
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| 	    </td>
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| 	    <td>
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| 	    <b>C Constant Name</b>
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| 	    </td>
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| 	    <td>
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| 	       <b>Table Schema (Array Size + Columns Constants)</b>
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| 	    </td>
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| 	  </thead>
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| <td>Assembly</td><td>MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLY</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_ASSEMBLY_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_HASH_ALG
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_MAJOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_MINOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_BUILD_NUMBER
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_REV_NUMBER
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_PUBLIC_KEY
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_CULTURE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>AssemblyOS</td><td>MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLYOS</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_ASSEMBLYOS_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYOS_PLATFORM
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYOS_MAJOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYOS_MINOR_VERSION
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>AssemblyProcessor</td><td>MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLYPROCESSOR</td><td>Array
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| size: MONO_ASSEMBLYPROCESSOR_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLY_PROCESSOR
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>AssemblyRef</td><td>MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLYREF</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_MAJOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_MINOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_BUILD_NUMBER
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_REV_NUMBER
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_PUBLIC_KEY
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_CULTURE
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_HASH_VALUE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>AssemblyRefProcessor</td><td>MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLYREFPROCESSOR</td><td>Array
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| size: MONO_ASSEMBLYREFPROC_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFPROC_PROCESSOR
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFPROC_ASSEMBLYREF
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>AssemblyRefOS</td><td>MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLYREFOS</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFOS_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFOS_PLATFORM
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFOS_MAJOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFOS_MINOR_VERSION
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| 	<li>MONO_ASSEMBLYREFOS_ASSEMBLYREF
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>ClassLayout</td><td>MONO_TABLE_CLASSLAYOUT</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_CLASSLAYOUT_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_CLASS_LAYOUT_PACKING_SIZE
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| 	<li>MONO_CLASS_LAYOUT_CLASS_SIZE
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| 	<li>MONO_CLASS_LAYOUT_PARENT
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Constant</td><td>MONO_TABLE_CONSTANT</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_CONSTANT_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_CONSTANT_TYPE
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| 	<li>MONO_CONSTANT_PADDING
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| 	<li>MONO_CONSTANT_PARENT
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| 	<li>MONO_CONSTANT_VALUE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>CustomAttribute</td><td>MONO_TABLE_CUSTOMATTRIBUTE</td><td>
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| Array size:
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| MONO_CUSTOM_ATTR_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_CUSTOM_ATTR_PARENT
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| 	<li>MONO_CUSTOM_ATTR_TYPE
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| 	<li>MONO_CUSTOM_ATTR_VALUE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>DeclSecurity</td><td>MONO_TABLE_DECLSECURITY</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_DECL_SECURITY_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_DECL_SECURITY_ACTION
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| 	<li>MONO_DECL_SECURITY_PARENT
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| 	<li>MONO_DECL_SECURITY_PERMISSIONSET
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>EventMap</td><td>MONO_TABLE_EVENTMAP</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_EVENT_MAP_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_EVENT_MAP_PARENT
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| 	<li>MONO_EVENT_MAP_EVENTLIST
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>EventPtr</td><td>MONO_TABLE_EVENT_POINTER</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_EVENT_POINTER_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_EVENT_POINTER_EVENT
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Event</td><td>MONO_TABLE_EVENT</td><td>
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| Array size:  MONO_EVENT_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_EVENT_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_EVENT_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_EVENT_TYPE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>ExportedType</td><td>MONO_TABLE_EXPORTEDTYPE</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_EXPORTEDTYPE_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_EXP_TYPE_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_EXP_TYPE_TYPEDEF
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| 	<li>MONO_EXP_TYPE_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_EXP_TYPE_NAMESPACE
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| 	<li>MONO_EXP_TYPE_IMPLEMENTATION
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Field</td><td>MONO_TABLE_FIELD</td><td>
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| Array size:  MONO_FIELD_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_SIGNATURE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>FieldLayoutt</td><td>MONO_TABLE_FIELDLAYOUT</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_FIELDLAYOUT_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_LAYOUT_OFFSET
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_LAYOUT_FIELD
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>FieldMarshal</td><td>MONO_TABLE_FIELDMARSHAL</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_FIELD_MARSHAL_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_MARSHAL_PARENT
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_MARSHAL_NATIVE_TYPE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>FieldPtr</td><td>MONO_TABLE_FIELD_POINTER</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_FIELD_POINTER_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_POINTER_FIELD
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>FieldRVA</td><td>MONO_TABLE_FIELDRVA</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_FIELDRVA_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_RVA_RVA
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| 	<li>MONO_FIELD_RVA_FIELD
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>File</td><td>MONO_TABLE_FILE</td><td>
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| Array size:  MONO_FILE_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_FILE_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_FILE_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_FILE_HASH_VALUE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>GenericParam</td><td>MONO_TABLE_GENERICPARAM</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_GENERICPARAM_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_GENERICPARAM_NUMBER
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| 	<li>MONO_GENERICPARAM_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_GENERICPARAM_OWNER
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| 	<li>MONO_GENERICPARAM_NAME
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>GenericParamConstraint</td><td>MONO_TABLE_GENERICPARAMCONSTRAINT</td><td>Array
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| size: MONO_GENERICPARAMCONSTRAINT_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_GENPARCONSTRAINT_GENERICPAR
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| 	<li>MONO_GENPARCONSTRAINT_CONSTRAINT
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| 
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| <tr>
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| <td>ImplMap</td><td>MONO_TABLE_IMPLMAP</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_IMPLMAP_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_IMPLMAP_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_IMPLMAP_MEMBER
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| 	<li>MONO_IMPLMAP_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_IMPLMAP_SCOPE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| 
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| <td>InterfaceImpl</td><td>MONO_TABLE_INTERFACEIMPL</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| 	<li>MONO_INTERFACEIMPL_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_INTERFACEIMPL_CLASS
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| 	<li>MONO_INTERFACEIMPL_INTERFACE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| 
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| <td>ManifestResource</td><td>MONO_TABLE_MANIFESTRESOURCE</td><td>Array
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| size: MONO_MANIFESTRESOURCE_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_MANIFEST_OFFSET
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| 	<li>MONO_MANIFEST_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_MANIFEST_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_MANIFEST_IMPLEMENTATION
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <tr>
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| <td>MemberRef</td><td>MONO_TABLE_MEMBERREF</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_MEMBERREF_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_MEMBERREF_CLASS
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| 	<li>MONO_MEMBERREF_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_MEMBERREF_SIGNATURE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>MethodImpl</td><td>MONO_TABLE_METHODIMPL</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_METHODIMPL_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_METHODIMPL_CLASS
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| 	<li>MONO_METHODIMPL_BODY
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| 	<li>MONO_METHODIMPL_DECLARATION
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| 
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| <td>MethodSpec</td><td>MONO_TABLE_METHODSPEC</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_METHODSPEC_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_METHODSPEC_METHOD
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| 	<li>MONO_METHODSPEC_SIGNATURE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| <tr>
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| <td>MethodSemantics</td><td>MONO_TABLE_METHODSEMANTICS</td><td>Array
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| size: MONO_METHOD_SEMA_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_SEMA_SEMANTICS
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_SEMA_METHOD
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_SEMA_ASSOCIATION
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Moduleref</td><td>MONO_TABLE_MODULEREF</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_MODULEREF_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_MODULEREF_NAME
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <tr>
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| <td>Module</td><td>MONO_TABLE_MODULE</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_MODULE_SIZE
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| <br>
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| Columns:
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_MODULE_GENERATION
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| 	<li>MONO_MODULE_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_MODULE_MVID
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| 	<li>MONO_MODULE_ENC
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| 	<li>MONO_MODULE_ENCBASE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>TypeRef</td><td>MONO_TABLE_TYPEREF</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_TYPEREF_SCOPE
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| 	<li>MONO_TYPEREF_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_TYPEREF_NAMESPACE
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <tr>
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| <td>MethodPtr</td><td>MONO_TABLE_METHOD_POINTER</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_METHOD_POINTER_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_POINTER_METHOD
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Method</td><td>MONO_TABLE_METHOD</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_METHOD_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_RVA
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_IMPLFLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_NAME
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_SIGNATURE
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| 	<li>MONO_METHOD_PARAMLIST
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <tr>
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| <td>NestedClass</td><td>MONO_TABLE_NESTEDCLASS</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_NESTEDCLASS_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_NESTED_CLASS_NESTED
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| 	<li>MONO_NESTED_CLASS_ENCLOSING
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <tr>
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| <td>ParamPtr</td><td>MONO_TABLE_PARAM_POINTER</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_PARAM_POINTER_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_PARAM_POINTER_PARAM
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Param</td><td>MONO_TABLE_PARAM</td><td>
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| Array size:  MONO_PARAM_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_PARAM_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_PARAM_SEQUENCE
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| 	<li>MONO_PARAM_NAME
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>PropertyMap</td><td>MONO_TABLE_PROPERTYMAP</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_PROPERTY_MAP_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_PROPERTY_MAP_PARENT
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| 	<li>MONO_PROPERTY_MAP_PROPERTY_LIST
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>PropertyPtr</td><td>MONO_TABLE_PROPERTY_POINTER</td><td>Array
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| size: MONO_PROPERTY_POINTER_SIZE
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| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_PROPERTY_POINTER_PROPERTY
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| </ul>
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| </td>
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| </tr>
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| 
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| <td>Property</td><td>MONO_TABLE_PROPERTY</td><td>
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| Array size: 
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| MONO_PROPERTY_SIZE
 | |
| <ul>
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| 	<li>MONO_PROPERTY_FLAGS
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| 	<li>MONO_PROPERTY_NAME
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_PROPERTY_TYPE
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| </td>
 | |
| </tr>
 | |
| <tr>
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| <td>StandaloneSig</td><td>MONO_TABLE_STANDALONESIG</td><td>
 | |
| Array size: 
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| 	<li>MONO_STAND_ALONE_SIGNATURE_SIZE
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_STAND_ALONE_SIGNATURE
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| </td>
 | |
| </tr>
 | |
| 
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| <tr>
 | |
| <td>TypeDef</td><td>MONO_TABLE_TYPEDEF</td><td>
 | |
| Array size: 
 | |
| MONO_TYPEDEF_SIZE
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPEDEF_FLAGS
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPEDEF_NAME
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPEDEF_NAMESPACE
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPEDEF_EXTENDS
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPEDEF_FIELD_LIST
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPEDEF_METHOD_LIST
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| </td>
 | |
| </tr>
 | |
| 
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| <tr>
 | |
| <td>TypeSpec</td><td>MONO_TABLE_TYPESPEC</td><td>
 | |
| Array size: 
 | |
| MONO_TYPESPEC_SIZE
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| 	<li>MONO_TYPESPEC_SIGNATURE
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| </td>
 | |
| </tr>
 | |
| 
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| 	</table>
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| 	</center>
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| 
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| 	<p>Each table can contain zero or more rows, you must call the
 | |
| 	<a href="#api:mono_metadata_table_rows">mono_metadata_table_rows</a>
 | |
| 	to obtain the number of rows in a table, and then you can
 | |
| 	extract individual row values by using
 | |
| 	the <a href="#api:mono_metadata_decode_row">mono_metadata_decode_row</a>
 | |
| 	or
 | |
| 	the <a href="#api:mono_metadata_decode_row_col">mono_metadata_decode_row_col</a>.
 | |
| 	When decoding rows you must provide an guint32 array large
 | |
| 	enough to hold as many columns as the table contains.
 | |
| 	
 | |
| 	<p>The metadata tables are stored in the MonoImage, you obtain
 | |
| 	a pointer to the MonoTableInfo by calling
 | |
| 	the <a href="#api:mono_image_get_table_info">mono_image_get_table_info</a>
 | |
| 	and then you can scan those tables, for example:
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	<pre class="prettyprint">
 | |
| 	/*
 | |
| 	 * Dumps a few fields from the AssemblyRef table
 | |
| 	 */
 | |
| 	void DumpAssemblyRefs (MonoImage *image)
 | |
| 	{
 | |
| 		/* Get a pointer to the AssemblyRef metadata table */
 | |
| 		MonoTableInfo *t = mono_image_get_table_info (image, MONO_TABLE_ASSEMBLYREF);
 | |
| 
 | |
| 		/* Fetch the number of rows available in the table */
 | |
| 		int rows = mono_table_info_get_rows (t);
 | |
| 		int i;
 | |
| 
 | |
| 		/* For each row, print some of its values */
 | |
| 		for (i = 0; i < rows; i++){
 | |
| 			/* Space where we extract one row from the metadata table */
 | |
| 			guint32 cols [MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_SIZE];
 | |
| 
 | |
| 			/* Extract the row into the array cols */
 | |
| 			mono_metadata_decode_row (t, i, cols, MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_SIZE);
 | |
| 
 | |
| 			fprintf (output, "%d: Version=%d.%d.%d.%d\n\tName=%s\n", i + 1,
 | |
|                         	cols [MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_MAJOR_VERSION],
 | |
|                         	cols [MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_MINOR_VERSION],
 | |
|                         	cols [MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_BUILD_NUMBER],
 | |
|                         	cols [MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_REV_NUMBER],
 | |
|                         	mono_metadata_string_heap (image, cols [MONO_ASSEMBLYREF_NAME]));
 | |
| 		}
 | |
| 	}
 | |
| 	</pre>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	<p>The above program shows the following output when ran on
 | |
| 	the C# compiler:
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	<pre>
 | |
| 	1: Version=1.0.5000.0
 | |
| 		Name=mscorlib
 | |
| 	2: Version=1.0.5000.0
 | |
| 		Name=System
 | |
| 	3: Version=1.0.5000.0
 | |
| 		Name=System.Xml
 | |
| 	</pre>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	<p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h3>Metadata Tables API</h3>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	<p>These are the APIs for dealing with tables:
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_image_get_table_info">mono_image_get_table_info</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_image_get_table_rows">mono_image_get_table_rows</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_row_col">mono_metadata_decode_row_col</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_row">mono_metadata_decode_row</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_compute_size">mono_metadata_compute_size</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_custom_attrs_from_index">mono_metadata_custom_attrs_from_index</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_signed_value">mono_metadata_decode_signed_value</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_value">mono_metadata_decode_value</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_encode_value">mono_metadata_encode_value</a></h4>
 | |
| 	
 | |
| <h2>Metadata access API</h2>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	<p>This is the low-level API for accessing the metadata
 | |
| 	images.
 | |
| 	
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_pe_file_open">mono_pe_file_open</a></h4> 
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_events_from_typedef">mono_metadata_events_from_typedef</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_table_row">mono_metadata_decode_table_row</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_decode_table_row_col">mono_metadata_decode_table_row_col</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_field_info">mono_metadata_field_info</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_free_array">mono_metadata_free_array</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_free_marshal_spec">mono_metadata_free_marshal_spec</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_free_mh">mono_metadata_free_mh</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_free_type">mono_metadata_free_type</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_get_constant_index">mono_metadata_get_constant_index</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_get_marshal_info">mono_metadata_get_marshal_info</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_implmap_from_method">mono_metadata_implmap_from_method</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_interfaces_from_typedef">mono_metadata_interfaces_from_typedef</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_locate">mono_metadata_locate</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_locate_token">mono_metadata_locate_token</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_methods_from_event">mono_metadata_methods_from_event</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_methods_from_property">mono_metadata_methods_from_property</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_nested_in_typedef">mono_metadata_nested_in_typedef</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_nesting_typedef">mono_metadata_nesting_typedef</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_packing_from_typedef">mono_metadata_packing_from_typedef</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_properties_from_typedef">mono_metadata_properties_from_typedef</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_token_from_dor">mono_metadata_token_from_dor</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_translate_token_index">mono_metadata_translate_token_index</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_typedef_from_field">mono_metadata_typedef_from_field</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_typedef_from_method">mono_metadata_typedef_from_method</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_type_equal">mono_metadata_type_equal</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_type_hash">mono_metadata_type_hash</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_declsec_from_index">mono_metadata_declsec_from_index</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_free_method_signature">mono_metadata_free_method_signature</a></h4>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h3>Retrieving Objects from Tokens</h3>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_array">mono_metadata_parse_array</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_custom_mod">mono_metadata_parse_custom_mod</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_field_type">mono_metadata_parse_field_type</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_marshal_spec">mono_metadata_parse_marshal_spec</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_method_signature">mono_metadata_parse_method_signature</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_mh">mono_metadata_parse_mh</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_param">mono_metadata_parse_param</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_signature">mono_metadata_parse_signature</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_typedef_or_ref">mono_metadata_parse_typedef_or_ref</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_parse_type">mono_metadata_parse_type</a></h4>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h2>Generics Support</h2>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_metadata_generic_class_is_valuetype">mono_metadata_generic_class_is_valuetype</a></h4> 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h2>Tokens</h2>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_ldtoken">mono_ldtoken</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_ldstr">mono_ldstr</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_exception_from_token">mono_exception_from_token</a></h4> 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h2>OpCodes</h2>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_opcode_name">mono_opcode_name</a></h4>
 | |
| <h4><a name="api:mono_opcode_value">mono_opcode_value</a></h4>
 | |
| 
 |