GenericTypeParameterBuilder.MakePointerType Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection.Emit

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Reflection.Emit.dll

Returns a Type object that represents a pointer to the current generic type parameter.

C#

public override Type MakePointerType();

Returns

Type

A Type object that represents a pointer to the current generic type parameter.

Examples

The following code example creates a dynamic module, an abstract generic type named Sample with one type parameter, T, and an abstract method named TestMethod. TestMethod takes a ref parameter (ByRef in Visual Basic) of type T, a pointer to type T, and an array of T. This method returns a two-dimensional array of T. The code example saves the dynamic module to disk, so you can examine it using the MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe).

C#

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Define a dynamic assembly to contain the sample type. The
        // assembly will not be run, but only saved to disk, so
        // AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save is specified.
        //
        AppDomain myDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
        AssemblyName myAsmName = new
            AssemblyName("MakeXxxGenericTypeParameterExample");
        AssemblyBuilder myAssembly = myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(
            myAsmName, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save);

        // An assembly is made up of executable modules. For a single-
        // module assembly, the module name and file name are the same
        // as the assembly name.
        //
        ModuleBuilder myModule = myAssembly.DefineDynamicModule(
            myAsmName.Name, myAsmName.Name + ".dll");

        // Define the sample type.
        TypeBuilder myType = myModule.DefineType("Sample",
            TypeAttributes.Public | TypeAttributes.Abstract);

        // Make the sample type a generic type, by defining a type
        // parameter T. All type parameters are defined at the same
        // time, by passing an array containing the type parameter
        // names.
        string[] typeParamNames = {"T"};
        GenericTypeParameterBuilder[] typeParams =
            myType.DefineGenericParameters(typeParamNames);

        // Define a method that takes a ByRef argument of type T, a
        // pointer to type T, and one-dimensional array of type T. The
        // method returns a two-dimensional array of type T.
        //
        // To create this method, you need Type objects that represent the
        // parameter types and the return type. Use the MakeByRefType,
        // MakePointerType, and MakeArrayType methods to create the Type
        // objects, using the generic type parameter T.
        //
        Type byRefType = typeParams[0].MakeByRefType();
        Type pointerType = typeParams[0].MakePointerType();
        Type arrayType = typeParams[0].MakeArrayType();
        Type twoDimArrayType = typeParams[0].MakeArrayType(2);

        // Create the array of parameter types.
        Type[] parameterTypes = {byRefType, pointerType, arrayType};

        // Define the abstract Test method. After you have compiled
        // and run this example code, you can use ildasm.exe to open
        // MakeXxxGenericTypeParameterExample.dll, examine the Sample
        // type, and verify the parameter types and return type of
        // the TestMethod method.
        //
        MethodBuilder myMethodBuilder = myType.DefineMethod(
            "TestMethod",
            MethodAttributes.Abstract | MethodAttributes.Virtual
            | MethodAttributes.Public,
            twoDimArrayType,
            parameterTypes);

        // Create the type and save the assembly. For a single-file
        // assembly, there is only one module to store the manifest
        // information in.
        //
        myType.CreateType();
        myAssembly.Save(myAsmName.Name + ".dll");
    }
}

Remarks

The MakePointerType method provides a way to generate pointer types for parameter lists.

Applies to

See also

• MakeByRefType()
• MakeArrayType()