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Assemblies
Synopsis
	
Assembly Loading
 
 
    mono_assembly_open
    MonoAssembly*
mono_assembly_open (const char *filename, MonoImageOpenStatus *status)
Parameters
filename: Opens the assembly pointed out by this namestatus: where a status code can be returned
Returns
	  a pointer to the MonoAssembly if filename contains a valid
	 assembly or NULL on error.  Details about the error are stored in the
	 status variable.
Remarks
	 
	 mono_assembly_open opens the PE-image pointed by 
filename, and
	 loads any external assemblies referenced by it.
	
  
 
    mono_assembly_close
    void
mono_assembly_close (MonoAssembly *assembly)
Parameters
assembly: the assembly to release.
Remarks
	 
	 This method releases a reference to the 
assembly.  The assembly is
	 only released when all the outstanding references to it are released.
  
 
    mono_assembly_load
    MonoAssembly*
mono_assembly_load (MonoAssemblyName *aname, const char *basedir, MonoImageOpenStatus *status)
Parameters
aname: A MonoAssemblyName with the assembly name to load.basedir: A directory to look up the assembly at.status: a pointer to a MonoImageOpenStatus to return the status of the load operation
Returns
	  the assembly referenced by aname loaded or NULL on error.   On error the
	 value pointed by status is updated with an error code.
Remarks
	 
	 Loads the assembly referenced by 
aname, if the value of 
basedir is not NULL, it
	 attempts to load the assembly from that directory before probing the standard locations.
	
  
 
    mono_assembly_load_full
    MonoAssembly*
mono_assembly_load_full (MonoAssemblyName *aname, const char *basedir, MonoImageOpenStatus *status, gboolean refonly)
Parameters
aname: A MonoAssemblyName with the assembly name to load.basedir: A directory to look up the assembly at.status: a pointer to a MonoImageOpenStatus to return the status of the load operationrefonly: Whether this assembly is being opened in "reflection-only" mode.
Returns
	  the assembly referenced by aname loaded or NULL on error.   On error the
	 value pointed by status is updated with an error code.
Remarks
	 
	 Loads the assembly referenced by 
aname, if the value of 
basedir is not NULL, it
	 attempts to load the assembly from that directory before probing the standard locations.
	
	 If the assembly is being opened in reflection-only mode (
refonly set to TRUE) then no 
	 assembly binding takes place.
	
  
 
    mono_assembly_loaded
    MonoAssembly*
mono_assembly_loaded (MonoAssemblyName *aname)
Parameters
aname: an assembly to look for.
Returns
	  NULL If the given aname assembly has not been loaded, or a pointer to
	 a MonoAssembly that matches the MonoAssemblyName specified.
  
 
    mono_assembly_get_object
    Prototype: mono_assembly_get_object
 Working with Assemblies
 
 
    mono_assembly_get_image
    MonoImage*
mono_assembly_get_image (MonoAssembly *assembly)
Parameters
assembly: The assembly to retrieve the image from
Returns
	  the MonoImage associated with this assembly.
  
 
    mono_assembly_get_main
    MonoAssembly*
mono_assembly_get_main (void)
Returns
	  the assembly for the application, the first assembly that is loaded by the VM
  
 
    mono_assembly_getrootdir
    G_CONST_RETURN gchar *
mono_assembly_getrootdir (void)
Returns
	  a string with the directory, this string should not be freed.
Remarks
	 
	 Obtains the root directory used for looking up assemblies.
	
 Assembly Names
	The MonoAssemblyName contains the full identity of an
	assembly (name, culture, public key, public key token,
	version and any other flags).
	These unmanaged objects represent the System.Reflection.AssemblyName
	managed type.
 
 
    mono_assembly_name_free
    void
mono_assembly_name_free (MonoAssemblyName *aname)
Parameters
aname: assembly name to free
Remarks
	 
	 Frees the provided assembly name object.
	 (it does not frees the object itself, only the name members).
  
 
    mono_stringify_assembly_name
    char*
mono_stringify_assembly_name (MonoAssemblyName *aname)
Parameters
aname: the assembly name.
Returns
	  a newly allocated string with a string representation of
	 the assembly name.
Remarks
	 
	 Convert 
aname into its string format. The returned string is dynamically
	 allocated and should be freed by the caller.
	
  
 
    mono_assembly_names_equal
    gboolean
mono_assembly_names_equal (MonoAssemblyName *l, MonoAssemblyName *r)
Parameters
l: first assemblyr: second assembly.
Returns
	  TRUE if both assembly names are equal.
Remarks
	 
	 Compares two MonoAssemblyNames and returns whether they are equal.
	
	 This compares the names, the cultures, the release version and their
	 public tokens.
	
 Modules
	An assembly is made up of one or more modules.
 
 
    mono_module_file_get_object
    Prototype: mono_module_file_get_object
  
 
    mono_module_get_object
    Prototype: mono_module_get_object