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Exploring the Type Metadata

Finally, if you now press Ctrl+M, ildasm.exe displays the metadata for each type within the

CarLibrary.dll assembly (see Figure 15-9).

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Figure 15-9.

Type metadata for the types within CarLibrary.dll

As explained in the next chapter, an assembly’s metadata is a very important trait of the .NET

platform, and serves as the backbone for numerous technologies (object serialization, late binding,

extendable applications, etc.). In any case, now that you have looked inside the CarLibrary.dll

assembly, you can build some client applications that make use of your types.