/// <summary>
/// Encodes a reference to a type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"><see cref="TypeDefinitionHandle"/> or <see cref="TypeReferenceHandle"/>.</param>
/// <param name="isValueType">True to mark the type as value type, false to mark it as a reference type in the signature.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><paramref name="type"/> doesn't have the expected handle kind.</exception>
public void Type(EntityHandle type, bool isValueType)
{
// Get the coded index before we start writing anything (might throw argument exception):
// Note: We don't allow TypeSpec as per https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/src/System.Reflection.Metadata/specs/Ecma-335-Issues.md#proposed-specification-change
int codedIndex = CodedIndex.ToTypeDefOrRef(type);
ClassOrValue(isValueType);
Builder.WriteCompressedInteger(codedIndex);
}
/// <summary>
/// Starts a generic instantiation signature.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="genericType"><see cref="TypeDefinitionHandle"/> or <see cref="TypeReferenceHandle"/>.</param>
/// <param name="genericArgumentCount">Generic argument count.</param>
/// <param name="isValueType">True to mark the type as value type, false to mark it as a reference type in the signature.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><paramref name="genericType"/> doesn't have the expected handle kind.</exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="genericArgumentCount"/> is not in range [1, 0xffff].</exception>
public GenericTypeArgumentsEncoder GenericInstantiation(EntityHandle genericType, int genericArgumentCount, bool isValueType)
{
if (unchecked ((uint)(genericArgumentCount - 1)) > ushort.MaxValue - 1)
{
Throw.ArgumentOutOfRange(nameof(genericArgumentCount));
}
// Get the coded index before we start writing anything (might throw argument exception):
// Note: We don't allow TypeSpec as per https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/src/System.Reflection.Metadata/specs/Ecma-335-Issues.md#proposed-specification-change
int codedIndex = CodedIndex.ToTypeDefOrRef(genericType);
Builder.WriteByte((byte)SignatureTypeCode.GenericTypeInstance);
ClassOrValue(isValueType);
Builder.WriteCompressedInteger(codedIndex);
Builder.WriteCompressedInteger(genericArgumentCount);
return(new GenericTypeArgumentsEncoder(Builder));
}