What is Manifest? Dot net Interveiw Questions.

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Assembly metadata is stored in Manifest.Manifest contains all the metadata needed to do the following things( See Figure Manifest View for more details) :

1. Version of assembly

2. Security identity

3. Scope of the assembly

4. Resolve references to resources and classes.

5.The assembly manifest can be stored in either a PE file (an .exe or .dll) with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a stand-alone PE file that contains only assembly manifest information.