2 // System.Runtime.InteropServices/GCHandle.cs
5 // Ajay kumar Dwivedi (adwiv@yahoo.com) ??
6 // Paolo Molaro (lupus@ximian.com)
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33 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
34 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
36 namespace System.Runtime.InteropServices
39 /// Summary description for GCHandle.
41 public struct GCHandle
46 private GCHandle(IntPtr h)
52 private GCHandle(object obj)
53 : this(obj, GCHandleType.Normal)
56 private GCHandle(object value, GCHandleType type)
58 handle = GetTargetHandle (value, 0, type);
63 public bool IsAllocated
67 return (handle != -1);
75 return GetTarget (handle);
79 handle = GetTargetHandle (value, handle, (GCHandleType)(-1));
84 public IntPtr AddrOfPinnedObject()
86 IntPtr res = GetAddrOfPinnedObject(handle);
87 if (res == IntPtr.Zero)
88 throw new InvalidOperationException("The handle is not of Pinned type");
89 if (res == (IntPtr)(-1))
90 throw new ArgumentException ("Object contains non-primitive or non-blittable data.");
94 public static System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle Alloc(object value)
96 return new GCHandle (value);
99 public static System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle Alloc(object value, GCHandleType type)
101 return new GCHandle (value,type);
110 public static explicit operator IntPtr (GCHandle value)
112 return (IntPtr) value.handle;
115 public static explicit operator GCHandle(IntPtr value)
117 return new GCHandle (value);
120 [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
121 private extern static object GetTarget(int handle);
123 [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
124 private extern static int GetTargetHandle(object obj, int handle, GCHandleType type);
126 [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
127 private extern static void FreeHandle(int handle);
129 [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
130 private extern static IntPtr GetAddrOfPinnedObject(int handle);