> I am using the unmanaged reflection API ( e.g. IMetaDataImport,
> IMetaDataEmit, … ) and I wonder…. I couldn’t find a way renaming a
> Field/Method name… How could I do that?

> Concerning fields, I have tried to
> delete the filed and re-create the field with a different name;

> however the
> runtime doesn’t recognize the new field upon execution… How can I rename a
> method/field name??? is it possible through the un-managed API or should I
> rather access the metadata memory directly????

"Ben Schwehn" wrote:

> > I am using the unmanaged reflection API ( e.g. IMetaDataImport,
> > IMetaDataEmit, … ) and I wonder…. I couldn’t find a way renaming a
> > Field/Method name… How could I do that?
>
> don't think it's possible in an easy way
>
> > Concerning fields, I have tried to
> > delete the filed and re-create the field with a different name;
>
> problematic since then you would also have to update all references to
> the new token. (the 'deleted' field doesn't really get deleted but just
> renamed and it keeps its token value, a new field will have a different
> token value)
>
> > however the
> > runtime doesn’t recognize the new field upon execution… How can I rename a
> > method/field name??? is it possible through the un-managed API or should I
> > rather access the metadata memory directly????
>
> also not trivial. It's trivial as long as the new name isn't longer,
> however if it is you'll have to shift all following things in the
> #strings section and update all references to those strings in the
> assembly. if the section gets too big you might even have to update the
> header to use 4bytes indices instead of 2bytes ones.
>
> The most reliable way i've found is to create a new assembly from
> scratch. which is also very painful if you get to more complicated
> assemblies.
>
> --
> Ben
> http://bschwehn.de