Assembly Manifest
Description : Contains a collection of data that describes how the elements in the assembly relate to each other. The assembly manifest contains this assembly metadata. An assembly manifest contains all the metadata needed to specify the assembly's version requirements and security identity, and all metadata needed to define the scope of the assembly and resolve references to resources and classes. The assembly manifest can be stored in either a PE file (an .exe or .dll) with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a standalone PE file that contains only assembly manifest information. Types of assemblies: 1. Single File Assembly 2. Multi File Assembly Assembly Manifest Contents Metadata: · Metadata is the complete way of de scribing what is in a .NET assembly. · Digging into the metadata yields the types available in that assembly, viz. classes, interfaces, ...