MetadataState

MetadataState

The public and current state of a metadata record.

public enum MetadataState: UInt8 

Inheritance

UInt8

Enumeration Cases

complete

Complete metadata is the final state for all metadata in which everything has been initialized and computed for all type operations.

case complete = 0x0

nonTransitiveComplete

Metadata in this state includes everything in a layout complete state along with class related instance layout requirements, initialization, and Objective-C dynamic registration.

case nonTransitiveComplete = 0x1

layoutComplete

This metadata has its value witness table computed along with everything included in the abstract state.

case layoutComplete = 0x3F

abstract

Abstract metadata include it's basic type information, but may not include things like a value witness table. Any references to other types within the metadata are not created yet (superclass).

case abstract = 0xFF