What is manifest?

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What is manifest?

Rajeesh Menoth · Answer

Hi, Assembly metadata is stored in Manifest . Manifest contains all the metadata needed to do the following things (See Figure Manifest View for more details): • Version of assembly. • Security identity. • Scope of the assembly. • Resolve references to resources and classes. The assembly manifest can be stored in a PE file either (an .exe or) .dll with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL code with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a stand-alone PE file, that contains only assembly manifest information.

Munesh Sharma · Answer

Manifest Maintains the information about the assemblies like version, name locale and an optional strong name that uniquely identifying the assembly. This manifest information is used by the CLR. The manifest also contains the security demands to verify this assembly. It also contains the names and hashes of all the files that make up the assembly. The .NET assembly manifest contains a cryptographic hash of different modules in the assembly. And when the assembly is loaded, the CLR recalculates the hash of the modules at hand, and compares it with the embeded hash. If the hash generated at runtime is different from that found in the manifest, .NET refuses to load the assembly and throws an exception.

Bhushan Bhasme · Answer

Hi Bhagyalaxmi, Manisfest is thefile which stores all the information about the file from which that assembly has created. Assembly metadata is stored in Manifest . Manifest contains all the metadata needed to do the following things (See Figure Manifest View for more details): • Version of assembly. • Security identity. • Scope of the assembly. • Resolve references to resources and classes. The assembly manifest can be stored in a PE file either (an .exe or) .dll with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL code with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a

Rajkiran Swain · Answer

Side-by-side assemblies are used with the following types of manifest and configuration files . Manifests and configurations are XML files . Manifest Description. Assembly manifests . Describes the names, versions, resources, and assembly dependencies of side-by-side assemblies.

Khan Abrar Ahmed · Answer

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What is manifest?

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