Add description how to embed linker XML files #1674
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Some additional description of the various formats and when/how they can be used.
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| The `fullname` attribute specifies the fullname of the type in the format specified by ECMA-335. This is in certain cases not the same as the one reported by Type.FullName for example for nested types. | ||
| Descriptors are used to direct linker to always keep some items in the assembly, regardless if linker can find any references to them. | ||
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| Descriptor XML can be embedded in an assembly. In that case it must be stored as an embedded resource with logical name `ILLink.Descriptors.xml`. To achieve this when build an assembly use this in the project file to include the XML: |
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logical name sounds a bit offensive to me ;-)
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That's an MSBuild terminology - I didn't come up with that 😞
Co-authored-by: Sven Boemer <[email protected]>
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Some additional description of the various formats and when/how they can be used. Co-authored-by: Sven Boemer <[email protected]> Commit migrated from dotnet/linker@7b82b56
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Some additional description of the various formats and when/how they can be used.