封送指向字符串数组的指针

时间:2009-08-24 17:55:05

标签: c# pinvoke unmanaged marshalling

我在编组指向字符串数组的指针时遇到了一些麻烦。它看起来像这样无害:

typedef struct
{
    char* listOfStrings[100];
} UnmanagedStruct;

这实际上是嵌入在另一个结构中:

typedef struct
{
    UnmanagedStruct umgdStruct;
} Outerstruct;

非托管代码回调到托管代码,并将Outerstruct作为IntPtr返回,并分配内存并填入值。

管理世界:

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct UnmanagedStruct
{
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, ArraySubType=UnmanagedType.LPStr, SizeConst=100)]
    public string[] listOfStrings;
}

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct Outerstruct
{
    public UnmanagedStruct ums;
}

public void CallbackFromUnmanagedLayer(IntPtr outerStruct)
{
    Outerstruct os = Marshal.PtrToStructure(outerStruct, typeof(Outerstruct));
    // The above line FAILS! it throws an exception complaining it cannot marshal listOfStrings field in the inner struct and that its managed representation is incorrect!
}

如果我将listOfStrings更改为IntPtr,那么Marshal.PtrToStructure可以工作,但现在我无法撕掉listOfStrings并逐个提取字符串。

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:4)

编组除了一个非常基本的字符串之外的任何东西都是复杂的,并且充满了难以发现的边案例。通常最好在结构定义中使用安全/简单路由,并添加一些包装器属性以稍微整理一下。

在这种情况下,我会使用IntPtr数组,然后添加一个将它们转换为字符串的包装器属性

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct UnmanagedStruct
{
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, ArraySubType=UnmanagedType.LPStr, SizeConst=100)]
    public IntPtr[] listOfStrings;

    public IEnumerable<string> Strings { get { 
      return listOfStrings.Select(x =>Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(x));
    }
}

答案 1 :(得分:1)

好的..我似乎已经开始工作了。它应该被编组为IntPtr []

这似乎有效:

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] 
public struct UnmanagedStruct 
{ 
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst=100)] 
    public IntPtr[] listOfStrings; 
}

for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
{
    if (listOfstrings[i] != IntPtr.Zero)
        Console.WriteLine(Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(listOfStrings[i]));
}