<h2>Assemblies</h2>

<h3>Synopsis</h3>

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#include &lt;metadata/assembly.h&gt;

typedef struct _MonoImage MonoImage;
typedef struct _MonoAssembly MonoAssembly;

typedef struct {
	const char *name;
	const char *culture;
	const char *hash_value;
	const guint8* public_key;
	guchar public_key_token [MONO_PUBLIC_KEY_TOKEN_LENGTH];
	guint32 hash_alg;
	guint32 hash_len;
	guint32 flags;
	guint16 major, minor, build, revision;
} MonoAssemblyName;

@API_IDX@
	
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<a name="cil_assembly_load"/>
<h3>Assembly Loading</h3>

<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_open">mono_assembly_open</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_close">mono_assembly_close</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_load">mono_assembly_load</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_load_full">mono_assembly_load_full</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_loaded">mono_assembly_loaded</a></h4>

<h3>Working with Assemblies</h3>

<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_get_image">mono_assembly_get_image</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_get_main">mono_assembly_get_main</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_getrootdir">mono_assembly_getrootdir</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_addref">mono_assembly_addref</a></h4>

<h3>Assembly Names</h3>

	<p>The MonoAssemblyName contains the full identity of an
	assembly (name, culture, public key, public key token,
	version and any other flags).

	<p>These unmanaged objects represent the <a
	href="http://www.mono-project.com/monodoc/T:System.Reflection.AssemblyName">System.Reflection.AssemblyName</a>
	managed type.

<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_name_parse">mono_assembly_name_parse</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_name_free">mono_assembly_name_free</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_stringify_assembly_name">mono_stringify_assembly_name</a></h4>
<h4><a name="api:mono_assembly_names_equal">mono_assembly_names_equal</a></h4>