Pointer.Box(Void*, Type) Method

Definition

Boxes the supplied unmanaged memory pointer and the type associated with that pointer into a managed Pointer wrapper object. The value and the type are saved so they can be accessed from the native code during an invocation.

public:
 static System::Object ^ Box(void* ptr, Type ^ type);
public static object Box (void* ptr, Type type);
[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public static object Box (void* ptr, Type type);
static member Box : nativeptr<unit> * Type -> obj
[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
static member Box : nativeptr<unit> * Type -> obj

Parameters

ptr
Void*

The supplied unmanaged memory pointer.

type
Type

The type associated with the ptr parameter.

Returns

A pointer object.

Attributes

Exceptions

type is not a pointer.

type is null.

Applies to