GetMetaDataInternalInterface

Gets a pointer to an internal interface instance used to read and write metadata in memory.


HRESULT  GetMetaDataInternalInterface (
   LPVOID pData,
   ULONG cbData,
   DWORD flags,
   REFIID riid,
   void **ppv
);

Parameter	Description
pData	[in] A pointer to the metadata section stored in memory.
cbData	[in] The size in bytes of the metadata section.
flags	[in] Either the ofRead or ofWrite members of the CorOpenFlags enumeration.
riid	[in] The IID of the requested internal interface.
ppv	[out] The location that receives the pointer to the internal interface.

Return Value

This method returns standard COM error codes as defined in winerror.h in addition to the following values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method completed successfully.
E_INVALIDARG	ppv is NULL.
CLDB_E_FILE_CORRUPT (0x110E)	The metadata is corrupt or larger than the specified size of the metadata section.

Library: mscoree.dll

The flags argument determines whether the returned interface implements read-only or read-write functionality.