MethodBody.GetILAsByteArray Method (System.Reflection)

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GetILAsByteArray Method

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MethodBody..::.GetILAsByteArray Method
This page is specific to:.NET Framework Version:2.0 3.03.54.0

.NET Framework Class Library

MethodBody..::.GetILAsByteArray Method

Returns the MSIL for the method body, as an array of bytes.

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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'Usage

Dim instance As MethodBody
Dim returnValue As Byte()

returnValue = instance.GetILAsByteArray()

'Declaration

Public Function GetILAsByteArray As Byte()

Return Value

Type: array<System..::.Byte>[]()[]
An array of type Byte that contains the MSIL for the method body.

Remarks

You can use the token-resolution methods of the module class, such as ResolveType, ResolveMethod, and ResolveType, to resolve the tokens in the method body to Type objects, MethodInfo objects, and FieldInfo objects that provide detailed information about the types, methods, and fields accessed by the MSIL in the method body.

Note:
Parsing method bodies requires a thorough understanding of metadata and MSIL instruction formats. Information can be found in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics" and "Partition III: CIL Instruction Set". The documentation is available online; see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards on MSDN and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the Ecma International Web site.

Note:

Parsing method bodies requires a thorough understanding of metadata and MSIL instruction formats. Information can be found in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) documentation, especially "Partition II: Metadata Definition and Semantics" and "Partition III: CIL Instruction Set". The documentation is available online; see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards on MSDN and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the Ecma International Web site.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

MethodBody Class

MethodBody Members

System.Reflection Namespace

ResolveType

ResolveMethod

ResolveType