Microsoft .Net Metadata
Metadata in .Net is binary information which describes the
characteristics of a resource . This information include Description of the
Assembly , Data Types and members with their declarations and implementations,
references to other types and members , Security permissions etc. A module's
metadata contains everything that needed to interact with another module.
During the compile time Metadata created with Microsoft
Intermediate Language (MSIL) and stored in a file called a Manifest . Both
Metadata and Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) together wrapped in a
Portable Executable (PE) file. During the runtime of a program Just In Time
(JIT) compiler of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) uses the Metadata and
converts Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) into native code. When code is
executed, the runtime loads metadata into memory and references it to discover
information about your code's classes, members, inheritance, and so on.
Moreover Metadata eliminating the need for Interface Definition Language (IDL)
files, header files, or any external method of component reference.
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