[shreeshga]

Comment from the source[1]:

  We have already created that oat file above with
  CreateOatFile. Originally this was just our own proprietary 
  file but now it is contained within an ELF dynamic object
  (aka an .so file)
 

Seems like oat file might be enclosed in an ELF container and might support linking of shared libraries.

[1]https://android.googlesource.com/platform/art/+/kitkat-relea... [2]http://www.retrodev.com/android/dexformat.html