Struct Pointer<T>

CLS-compliant typed pointer for .NET languages without direct support of pointer data type.

Implements

IEquatable<Pointer<T>>

IStrongBox

System.IConvertible<IntPtr>

System.IConvertible<UIntPtr>

IPinnable

Inherited Members

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.GetType()

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Namespace: DotNext.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly: DotNext.Unsafe.dll

Syntax

public struct Pointer<T> : IEquatable<Pointer<T>>, IStrongBox, IConvertible<IntPtr>, IConvertible<UIntPtr>, IPinnable where T : struct

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of pointer.

Remarks

Many methods associated with the pointer are unsafe and can destabilize runtime. Moreover, pointer type doesn't provide automatic memory management. Null-pointer is the only check performed by methods.

Constructors

Pointer(T*)

Constructs CLS-compliant pointer from non CLS-compliant pointer.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public Pointer(T*ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T*	ptr	The pointer value.

Pointer(IntPtr)

Constructs pointer from IntPtr value.

Declaration

public Pointer(IntPtr ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IntPtr	ptr	The pointer value.

Pointer(UIntPtr)

Constructs pointer from UIntPtr value.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public Pointer(UIntPtr ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UIntPtr	ptr	The pointer value.

Properties

Address

Gets pointer address.

Declaration

public IntPtr Address { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IntPtr

Bytes

Converts this pointer into span of bytes.

Declaration

public Span<byte> Bytes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Span<Byte>

IsAligned

Determines whether this pointer is aligned to the size of T.

Declaration

public bool IsAligned { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

IsNull

Indicates that this pointer is null.

Declaration

public bool IsNull { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

Item[Int64]

Gets or sets pointer value at the specified position in the memory.

Declaration

public T this[long index] { get; }

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	index	Element index.

Property Value

Type	Description
T	Array element.

Remarks

This property doesn't check bounds of the array.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This array is not allocated.

Null

Represents zero pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> Null { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Pointer<T>

Value

Gets the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public T Value { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
T	The reference to the memory location.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	The pointer is 0.

Methods

As<TOther>()

Reinterprets pointer type.

Declaration

public Pointer<TOther> As<TOther>()

    where TOther : struct

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<TOther>	Reinterpreted pointer type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TOther	A new pointer type.

AsStream(Int64, FileAccess)

Returns representation of the memory identified by this pointer in the form of the stream.

Declaration

public Stream AsStream(long count, FileAccess access = FileAccess.Read | FileAccess.ReadWrite | FileAccess.Write)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this memory.
FileAccess	access	The type of the access supported by the returned stream.

Returns

Type	Description
Stream	The stream representing the memory identified by this pointer.

Remarks

This method returns Stream compatible over the memory identified by this pointer. No copying is performed.

BitwiseCompare(Pointer<T>, Int64)

Bitwise comparison of two memory blocks.

Declaration

public int BitwiseCompare(Pointer<T> other, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	other	The pointer identifies block of memory to be compared.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by both pointers.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	Comparison result which has the semantics as return type of CompareTo(Object).

BitwiseEquals(Pointer<T>, Int64)

Computes bitwise equality between two blocks of memory.

Declaration

public bool BitwiseEquals(Pointer<T> other, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	other	The pointer identifies block of memory to be compared.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by both pointers.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if both memory blocks have the same bytes; otherwise, false.

BitwiseHashCode(Int64, Boolean)

Computes 32-bit hash code for the block of memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public int BitwiseHashCode(long count, bool salted = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this pointer.
Boolean	salted	true to include randomized salt data into hashing; false to use data from memory only.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	Content hash code.

BitwiseHashCode(Int64, Int32, Func<Int32, Int32, Int32>, Boolean)

Computes 32-bit hash code for the block of memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public int BitwiseHashCode(long count, int hash, Func<int, int, int> hashFunction, bool salted = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this pointer.
Int32	hash	Initial value of the hash to be passed into hashing function.
Func<Int32, Int32, Int32>	hashFunction	The custom hash function.
Boolean	salted	true to include randomized salt data into hashing; false to use data from memory only.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	Content hash code.

BitwiseHashCode(Int64, Int32, ValueFunc<Int32, Int32, Int32>, Boolean)

Computes 32-bit hash code for the block of memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public int BitwiseHashCode(long count, int hash, in ValueFunc<int, int, int> hashFunction, bool salted = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this pointer.
Int32	hash	Initial value of the hash to be passed into hashing function.
ValueFunc<Int32, Int32, Int32>	hashFunction	The custom hash function.
Boolean	salted	true to include randomized salt data into hashing; false to use data from memory only.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	Content hash code.

BitwiseHashCode64(Int64, Boolean)

Computes 64-bit hash code for the block of memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public long BitwiseHashCode64(long count, bool salted = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this pointer.
Boolean	salted	true to include randomized salt data into hashing; false to use data from memory only.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	Content hash code.

BitwiseHashCode64(Int64, Int64, Func<Int64, Int64, Int64>, Boolean)

Computes 64-bit hash code for the block of memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public long BitwiseHashCode64(long count, long hash, Func<long, long, long> hashFunction, bool salted = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this pointer.
Int64	hash	Initial value of the hash to be passed into hashing function.
Func<Int64, Int64, Int64>	hashFunction	The custom hash function.
Boolean	salted	true to include randomized salt data into hashing; false to use data from memory only.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	Content hash code.

BitwiseHashCode64(Int64, Int64, ValueFunc<Int64, Int64, Int64>, Boolean)

Computes 64-bit hash code for the block of memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public long BitwiseHashCode64(long count, long hash, in ValueFunc<long, long, long> hashFunction, bool salted = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T referenced by this pointer.
Int64	hash	Initial value of the hash to be passed into hashing function.
ValueFunc<Int64, Int64, Int64>	hashFunction	The custom hash function.
Boolean	salted	true to include randomized salt data into hashing; false to use data from memory only.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	Content hash code.

Clear()

Sets value at the address represented by this pointer to the default value of T.

Declaration

public void Clear()

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.

Clear(Int64)

Fill memory with zero bytes.

Declaration

public void Clear(long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	count	Number of elements in the unmanaged array.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count is less than or equal to zero.

Equals(T, IEqualityComparer<T>)

Determines whether the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer is equal to the given value.

Declaration

public bool Equals(T other, IEqualityComparer<T> comparer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	other	The value to be compared.
IEqualityComparer<T>	comparer	The object implementing comparison algorithm.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer is equal to the given value; otherwise, false.

Equals(Object)

Indicates that this pointer represents the same memory location as other pointer.

Declaration

public override bool Equals(object other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	other	The object of type Pointer<T> to be compared.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if this pointer represents the same memory location as other pointer; otherwise, false.

Overrides

ValueType.Equals(Object)

Equals<TOther>(Pointer<TOther>)

Indicates that this pointer represents the same memory location as other pointer.

Declaration

public bool Equals<TOther>(Pointer<TOther> other)

    where TOther : struct

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<TOther>	other	The pointer to be compared.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if this pointer represents the same memory location as other pointer; otherwise, false.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TOther	The type of the another pointer.

Fill(T, Int64)

Fills the elements of the array with a specified value.

Declaration

public void Fill(T value, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	value	The value to assign to each element of the array.
Int64	count	The length of the array.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is zero.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count is less than zero.

Get()

Gets the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public T Get()

Returns

Type	Description
T	The value stored in the memory.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	The pointer is 0.

Get(Int64)

Gets the value stored in the memory at the specified position.

Declaration

public T Get(long index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	index	The index of the element.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The value stored in the memory at the specified position.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	The pointer is 0.

GetBoxedPointer()

Gets boxed pointer.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public object GetBoxedPointer()

Returns

Type	Description
Object	The boxed pointer.

See Also

Pointer

GetEnumerator(Int64)

Gets enumerator over raw memory.

Declaration

public Pointer<T>.Enumerator GetEnumerator(long length)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	length	A number of elements to iterate.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer.Enumerator<>	Iterator object.

GetHashCode()

Computes hash code of the pointer itself (i.e. address), not of the memory content.

Declaration

public override int GetHashCode()

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The hash code of this pointer.

Overrides

ValueType.GetHashCode()

GetHashCode(IEqualityComparer<T>)

Computes hash code of the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public int GetHashCode(IEqualityComparer<T> comparer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEqualityComparer<T>	comparer	The object implementing custom hash function.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The hash code of the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer.

ReadFrom(T[], Int64, Int64)

Copies elements from the specified array into the memory block identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public long ReadFrom(T[] source, long offset, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T[]	source	The source array.
Int64	offset	The position in the source array from which copying begins.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T to be copied.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	Actual number of copied elements.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count or offset is less than zero.

ReadFrom(Stream, Int64)

Copies bytes from the given stream to the memory location identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public long ReadFrom(Stream source, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Stream	source	The source stream.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T to be copied.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	The actual number of copied elements.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is zero.
ArgumentException	The stream is not readable.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count is less than zero.

ReadFromAsync(Stream, Int64, CancellationToken)

Copies bytes from the given stream to the memory location identified by this pointer asynchronously.

Declaration

public ValueTask<long> ReadFromAsync(Stream source, long count, CancellationToken token = default(CancellationToken))

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Stream	source	The source stream.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T to be copied.
CancellationToken	token	The token that can be used to cancel the operation.

Returns

Type	Description
ValueTask<Int64>	The actual number of copied elements.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is zero.
ArgumentException	The stream is not readable.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count is less than zero.
OperationCanceledException	The operation has been canceled.

Set(T)

Sets the value stored in the memory identified by this pointer.

Declaration

public void Set(T value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	value	The value to be stored in the memory.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	The pointer is 0.

Set(T, Int64)

Sets the value at the specified position in the memory.

Declaration

public void Set(T value, long index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	value	The value to be stored in the memory.
Int64	index	The index of the element to modify.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	The pointer is 0.

Swap(Pointer<T>)

Swaps values between this memory location and the given memory location.

Declaration

public void Swap(Pointer<T> other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	other	The other memory location.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is zero.
ArgumentNullException	other pointer is zero.

ToArray(Int64)

Copies the block of memory referenced by this pointer into managed heap as array.

Declaration

public T[] ToArray(long length)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	length	The length of the memory block to be copied.

Returns

Type	Description
T[]	The array containing elements from the memory block referenced by this pointer.

ToByteArray(Int64)

Copies the block of memory referenced by this pointer into managed heap as array of bytes.

Declaration

public byte[] ToByteArray(long length)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int64	length	Number of elements to copy.

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	A copy of memory block in the form of byte array.

ToMemoryOwner(Int32)

Converts this pointer the memory owner.

Declaration

public IMemoryOwner<T> ToMemoryOwner(int length)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	length	The number of elements in the memory.

Returns

Type	Description
IMemoryOwner<T>	The instance of memory owner.

ToSpan(Int32)

Converts this pointer into Span<T>.

Declaration

public Span<T> ToSpan(int length)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	length	The number of elements located in the unmanaged memory identified by this pointer.

Returns

Type	Description
Span<T>	Span<T> representing elements in the unmanaged memory.

ToString()

Returns hexadecimal address represented by this pointer.

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
String	The hexadecimal value of this pointer.

Overrides

ValueType.ToString()

WriteTo(T[], Int64, Int64)

Copies elements from the memory location identified by this pointer to managed array.

Declaration

public long WriteTo(T[] destination, long offset, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T[]	destination	The array to be modified.
Int64	offset	The position in the destination array from which copying begins.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T to be copied.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	Actual number of copied elements.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count or offset is less than zero.

WriteTo(Pointer<T>, Int64)

Copies block of memory from the source address to the destination address.

Declaration

public void WriteTo(Pointer<T> destination, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	destination	Destination address.
Int64	count	The number of elements to be copied.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.
ArgumentNullException	Destination pointer is zero.

WriteTo(Stream, Int64)

Copies bytes from the memory location identified by this pointer to the stream.

Declaration

public void WriteTo(Stream destination, long count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Stream	destination	The destination stream.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T to be copied.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.
ArgumentException	The stream is not writable.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count is less than zero.

WriteToAsync(Stream, Int64, CancellationToken)

Copies bytes from the memory location identified by this pointer to the stream asynchronously.

Declaration

public ValueTask WriteToAsync(Stream destination, long count, CancellationToken token = default(CancellationToken))

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Stream	destination	The destination stream.
Int64	count	The number of elements of type T to be copied.
CancellationToken	token	The token that can be used to cancel the operation.

Returns

Type	Description
ValueTask	The task instance representing asynchronous state of the copying process.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullPointerException	This pointer is equal to zero.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count is less than zero.
ArgumentException	The stream is not writable.
OperationCanceledException	The operation has been canceled.

Operators

Addition(Pointer<T>, Int32)

Adds an offset to the value of a pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator +(Pointer<T> pointer, int offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to add the offset to.
Int32	offset	The offset to add.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the addition of offset to pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Addition(Pointer<T>, Int64)

Adds an offset to the value of a pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator +(Pointer<T> pointer, long offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to add the offset to.
Int64	offset	The offset to add.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the addition of offset to pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Addition(Pointer<T>, IntPtr)

Adds an offset to the value of a pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator +(Pointer<T> pointer, IntPtr offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to add the offset to.
IntPtr	offset	The offset to add.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the addition of offset to pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Addition(Pointer<T>, UInt64)

Adds an offset to the value of a pointer.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public static Pointer<T> operator +(Pointer<T> pointer, ulong offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to add the offset to.
UInt64	offset	The offset to add.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the addition of offset to pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Decrement(Pointer<T>)

Decrements this pointer by 1 element of type T.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator --(Pointer<T> pointer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to subtract the offset from.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the subtraction of offset from pointer.

Equality(Pointer<T>, Pointer<T>)

Indicates that the first pointer represents the same memory location as the second pointer.

Declaration

public static bool operator ==(Pointer<T> first, Pointer<T> second)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	first	The first pointer to be compared.
Pointer<T>	second	The second pointer to be compared.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if the first pointer represents the same memory location as the second pointer; otherwise, false.

Explicit(MemoryHandle to Pointer<T>)

Obtains pointer to the memory represented by given memory handle.

Declaration

public static explicit operator Pointer<T>(in MemoryHandle handle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
MemoryHandle	handle	The memory handle.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>

False(Pointer<T>)

Checks whether this pointer is zero.

Declaration

public static bool operator false (Pointer<T> ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	ptr	The pointer to check.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if this pointer is zero; otherwise, false.

Implicit(T* to Pointer<T>)

Converts non CLS-compliant pointer into its CLS-compliant representation.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public static implicit operator Pointer<T>(T*value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T*	value	The pointer value.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>

Implicit(Pointer<T> to T*)

Converts CLS-compliant pointer into its non CLS-compliant representation.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public static implicit operator T*(Pointer<T> ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	ptr	The pointer value.

Returns

Type	Description
T*

Implicit(Pointer<T> to IntPtr)

Obtains pointer value (address) as IntPtr.

Declaration

public static implicit operator IntPtr(Pointer<T> ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	ptr	The pointer to be converted.

Returns

Type	Description
IntPtr

Implicit(Pointer<T> to UIntPtr)

Obtains pointer value (address) as UIntPtr.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public static implicit operator UIntPtr(Pointer<T> ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	ptr	The pointer to be converted.

Returns

Type	Description
UIntPtr

Increment(Pointer<T>)

Increments this pointer by 1 element of type T.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator ++(Pointer<T> pointer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to add the offset to.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the addition of offset to pointer.

Inequality(Pointer<T>, Pointer<T>)

Indicates that the first pointer represents the different memory location as the second pointer.

Declaration

public static bool operator !=(Pointer<T> first, Pointer<T> second)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	first	The first pointer to be compared.
Pointer<T>	second	The second pointer to be compared.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if the first pointer represents the different memory location as the second pointer; otherwise, false.

Subtraction(Pointer<T>, Int32)

Subtracts an offset from the value of a pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator -(Pointer<T> pointer, int offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to subtract the offset from.
Int32	offset	The offset to subtract.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the subtraction of offset from pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Subtraction(Pointer<T>, Int64)

Subtracts an offset from the value of a pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator -(Pointer<T> pointer, long offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to subtract the offset from.
Int64	offset	The offset to subtract.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the subtraction of offset from pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Subtraction(Pointer<T>, IntPtr)

Subtracts an offset from the value of a pointer.

Declaration

public static Pointer<T> operator -(Pointer<T> pointer, IntPtr offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to subtract the offset from.
IntPtr	offset	The offset to subtract.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the subtraction of offset from pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

Subtraction(Pointer<T>, UInt64)

Subtracts an offset from the value of a pointer.

Declaration

[CLSCompliant(false)]
public static Pointer<T> operator -(Pointer<T> pointer, ulong offset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	pointer	The pointer to subtract the offset from.
UInt64	offset	The offset to subtract.

Returns

Type	Description
Pointer<T>	A new pointer that reflects the subtraction of offset from pointer.

Remarks

The offset specifies number of elements of type T, not bytes.

True(Pointer<T>)

Checks whether this pointer is not zero.

Declaration

public static bool operator true (Pointer<T> ptr)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	ptr	The pointer to check.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if this pointer is not zero; otherwise, false.

Explicit Interface Implementations

IPinnable.Pin(Int32)

Declaration

MemoryHandle IPinnable.Pin(int elementIndex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	elementIndex

Returns

Type	Description
MemoryHandle

IPinnable.Unpin()

Declaration

void IPinnable.Unpin()

IEquatable<Pointer<T>>.Equals(Pointer<T>)

Declaration

bool IEquatable<Pointer<T>>.Equals(Pointer<T> other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Pointer<T>	other

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean

IStrongBox.Value

Declaration

object IStrongBox.Value { get; set; }

Returns

Type	Description
Object

Implements

System.IEquatable<T>

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IStrongBox

System.IConvertible<>

System.IConvertible<>

System.Buffers.IPinnable

Extension Methods

ValueTypeExtensions.IsOneOf<T>(T, IEnumerable<T>)

ValueTypeExtensions.IsOneOf<T>(T, T[])

Sequence.Skip<TEnumerator, T>(ref TEnumerator, Int32)

ExpressionBuilder.Const<T>(T)