private BlobHandle GetProjectedValue()
{
// The usual pattern for accessing custom attributes differs from pattern for accessing e.g. TypeDef row fields.
// The value blob is only accessed when the consumer is about to decode it (which is a nontrivial process),
// while the Constructor and Parent fields are often accessed when searching for a particular attribute.
//
// The current WinMD projections only affect the blob and not the Constructor and Parent values.
// It is thus more efficient to calculate the treatment here (and make GetValue more expensive) and
// avoid calculating the treatment when the CustomAttributeHandle is looked up and CustomAttribute struct
// is initialized.
CustomAttributeValueTreatment treatment = _reader.CalculateCustomAttributeValueTreatment(Handle);
if (treatment == 0)
{
return(_reader.CustomAttributeTable.GetValue(Handle));
}
return(GetProjectedValue(treatment));
}
