/ILSpy.BamlDecompiler/Ricciolo.StylesExplorer.MarkupReflection/BAML format.txt

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  1. BAML format description
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  3. A BAML stream consists of a header and sequential records that contain the data.
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  5. The Header
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  7. The header is 28 bytes long. The first four bytes are a little endian integer containing the length of the preamble in bytes. The preamble is the UTF-16 string "MSBAML", followed by three integers with the value 0x60000.
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  9. Record format:
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  11. In general a record consists of a type byte and its content. Some records also have a field, following the type byte, containing the remaining length of the record, encoded as 7-bit encoded integer.
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  13. Record Types:
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  15. DocumentStart (= 0x01):
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  17. The document start (after the type byte) is 6 Bytes long. Usually 00 FF FF FF FF 00. These bytes can be safely ignored.
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  19. AssemblyInfo (= 0xC1):
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  21. The length field is followed by a 2 byte long ID. The ID is followed by a string containing the assembly name.
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