C# Class Patchwork.Engine.Utility.CecilHelper

Helper methods (mainly extension methods) for working with Cecil and .NET reflection classes. Some are publically visible.

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Public Properties

Property	Type	Description
PatchworkMetadataString	string

Public Methods

Method	Description
Clone ( this definition ) : AssemblyDefinition	Returns a reloaded clone of the assembly by serializing it and loading it from memory.
CloneReference ( this methodDef ) : FieldReference	Returns another reference to the same field.
CloneReference ( this methodRef ) : MethodReference	Creates another refernece to the same method.
GetAssemblyMetadataString ( this assembly ) : string	Returns a human-readable metadata string that describes the specified Cecil assembly definition.
SerializeAssembly ( this definition ) : byte[]	Serializes the assembly by writing it into a memory stream.
SetAccessibility ( this method, Accessibility newAccessibility ) : void	Sets the accessibility attributes of this member to the desired C#-like accessibility.

Private Methods

Method	Description
GetAccessbility ( this memberDef ) : Accessibility	Gets the C#-like accessbility of this member.
GetAccessibilityDynamic ( dynamic whatever ) : Accessibility
GetAssemblyMetadataString ( string fullName, string path ) : string	Returns the metadata string that describes the assembly in the specified location, expected to have the specified full name.
SetAccessibilityDynamic ( dynamic whatever, Accessibility newAccessibility ) : void

Method Details

Clone() public static method

Returns a reloaded clone of the assembly by serializing it and loading it from memory.

public static Clone ( this definition ) : AssemblyDefinition
definition	this	The assembly definition.
return	Mono.Cecil.AssemblyDefinition

CloneReference() public static method

Returns another reference to the same field.

public static CloneReference ( this methodDef ) : FieldReference
methodDef	this	The field reference.
return	Mono.Cecil.FieldReference

CloneReference() public static method

Creates another refernece to the same method.

public static CloneReference ( this methodRef ) : MethodReference
methodRef	this	The method reference.
return	Mono.Cecil.MethodReference

GetAssemblyMetadataString() public static method

Returns a human-readable metadata string that describes the specified Cecil assembly definition.

public static GetAssemblyMetadataString ( this assembly ) : string
assembly	this	The assembly.
return	string

SerializeAssembly() public static method

Serializes the assembly by writing it into a memory stream.

public static SerializeAssembly ( this definition ) : byte[]
definition	this	The assembly definition.
return	byte[]

SetAccessibility() public static method

Sets the accessibility attributes of this member to the desired C#-like accessibility.

public static SetAccessibility ( this method, Accessibility newAccessibility ) : void
method	this	The method.
newAccessibility	Accessibility	The new accessibility.
return	void

Property Details

PatchworkMetadataString public static property

Contains the metadata string of the executing Patchwork.Engine assembly, as determined by the GetAssemblyMetadataString(Mono.Cecil.AssemblyDefinition) method.

public static string PatchworkMetadataString
return	string