API Overview

• Libraries Overview briefly describes the various CCI Metadata libraries and the associated DLLs and namespaces.
• The NameTable Object discusses the purpose and usage of the NameTable object.
• Hosts discusses the purpose and usage of CCI host objects.
• The DefaultHost Object provides a standard host object that is sufficient for many applications.
• Assemblies and Modules discusses assemblies and modules, and how they are handled in the CCI environment.
• Mutable and Immutable Representations discusses the two ways that CCI Metadata represents metadata.
• Make a Mutable Copy of an Immutable Representation describes how to use a mutator to create a mutable copy of an assembly from its immutable representation.
• The Root Namespace describes the purpose and contents of an assembly’s root namespace.
• The NamespaceTypeDefinition Object discusses how to use a NamespaceTypeDefinition object to create metadata for new types.
• Member Definition Objects discusses how to use a member definition objects such as MethodTypeDefinition to create metadata for new types.
• The ILGenerator Object discusses how to use the ILGenerator object to create method bodies.
• PE and PDB Reader and Writer discusses how to read and write portable executable (PE) and debug (PDB) files.