/// <summary>
/// Serializes metadata root content into the given <see cref="BlobBuilder"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="builder">Builder to write to.</param>
/// <param name="methodBodyStreamRva">
/// The relative virtual address of the start of the method body stream.
/// Used to calculate the final value of RVA fields of MethodDef table.
/// </param>
/// <param name="mappedFieldDataStreamRva">
/// The relative virtual address of the start of the field init data stream.
/// Used to calculate the final value of RVA fields of FieldRVA table.
/// </param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="builder"/> is null.</exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="methodBodyStreamRva"/> or <paramref name="mappedFieldDataStreamRva"/> is negative.</exception>
/// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">
/// A metadata table is not ordered as required by the specification and <see cref="SuppressValidation"/> is false.
/// </exception>
public void Serialize(BlobBuilder builder, int methodBodyStreamRva, int mappedFieldDataStreamRva)
{
if (builder == null)
{
Throw.ArgumentNull(nameof(builder));
}
if (methodBodyStreamRva < 0)
{
Throw.ArgumentOutOfRange(nameof(methodBodyStreamRva));
}
if (mappedFieldDataStreamRva < 0)
{
Throw.ArgumentOutOfRange(nameof(mappedFieldDataStreamRva));
}
if (!SuppressValidation)
{
_tablesAndHeaps.ValidateOrder();
}
// header:
MetadataBuilder.SerializeMetadataHeader(builder, MetadataVersion, _serializedMetadata.Sizes);
// #~ or #- stream:
_tablesAndHeaps.SerializeMetadataTables(builder, _serializedMetadata.Sizes, _serializedMetadata.StringMap, methodBodyStreamRva, mappedFieldDataStreamRva);
// #Strings, #US, #Guid and #Blob streams:
_tablesAndHeaps.WriteHeapsTo(builder, _serializedMetadata.StringHeap);
}
