System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace
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This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
The System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace provides types that support COM interop and platform invoke services.
Classes
Class | Description | |
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AllowReversePInvokeCallsAttribute | Allows an unmanaged method to call a managed method. | |
ClassInterfaceAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates the type of class interface to be generated for a class exposed to COM, if an interface is generated at all. | |
CoClassAttribute | Infrastructure. Specifies the class identifier of a coclass imported from a type library. | |
ComDefaultInterfaceAttribute | Infrastructure. Specifies a default interface to expose to COM. This class cannot be inherited. | |
COMException | Infrastructure. The exception that is thrown when an unrecognized HRESULT is returned from a COM method call. | |
ComImportAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates that the attributed type was previously defined in COM. | |
ComVisibleAttribute | Infrastructure. Controls accessibility of an individual managed type or member, or of all types within an assembly, to COM. | |
CriticalHandle | Infrastructure. Represents a wrapper class for handle resources. | |
DefaultCharSetAttribute | Infrastructure. Specifies the value of the CharSet enumeration. This class cannot be inherited. | |
DispIdAttribute | Infrastructure. Specifies the COM dispatch identifier (DISPID) of a method, field, or property. | |
DllImportAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates that the attributed method is exposed by an unmanaged dynamic-link library (DLL) as a static entry point. | |
ExternalException | Infrastructure. The base exception type for all COM interop exceptions and structured exception handling (SEH) exceptions. | |
FieldOffsetAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates the physical position of fields within the managed and unmanaged representation of a class or structure. | |
GuidAttribute | Infrastructure. Supplies an explicit System.Guid when an automatic GUID is undesirable. | |
InAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates that data should be marshaled from the caller to the callee, but not back to the caller. | |
InterfaceTypeAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates whether a managed interface is dual, dispatch-only, or IUnknown -only when exposed to COM. | |
Marshal | Infrastructure. Provides a collection of methods for allocating unmanaged memory, copying unmanaged memory blocks, and converting managed to unmanaged types, as well as other miscellaneous methods used when interacting with unmanaged code. | |
MarshalAsAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates how to marshal the data between managed and unmanaged code. | |
MarshalDirectiveException | Infrastructure. The exception that is thrown by the marshaler when it encounters a MarshalAsAttribute it does not support. | |
OptionalAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates that a parameter is optional. | |
OutAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates that data should be marshaled from callee back to caller. | |
PreserveSigAttribute | Infrastructure. Indicates that the HRESULT or retval signature transformation that takes place during COM interop calls should be suppressed. | |
SafeHandle | Infrastructure. Represents a wrapper class for operating system handles. This class must be inherited. | |
SEHException | Infrastructure. Represents Structured Exception Handler (SEH) errors. | |
StructLayoutAttribute | Infrastructure. The StructLayoutAttribute class allows the user to control the physical layout of the data fields of a class or structure. | |
UnmanagedFunctionPointerAttribute | Infrastructure. Controls the marshaling behavior of a delegate signature passed as an unmanaged function pointer to or from unmanaged code. This class cannot be inherited. |
Structures
Structure | Description | |
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GCHandle | Infrastructure. Provides a means for accessing a managed object from unmanaged memory. |
Enumerations
Enumeration | Description | |
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CallingConvention | Infrastructure. Specifies the calling convention required to call methods implemented in unmanaged code. | |
CharSet | Infrastructure. Dictates which character set marshaled strings should use. | |
ClassInterfaceType | Infrastructure. Identifies the type of class interface that is generated for a class. | |
ComInterfaceType | Infrastructure. Identifies how to expose an interface to COM. | |
GCHandleType | Infrastructure. Represents the types of handles the GCHandle class can allocate. | |
LayoutKind | Infrastructure. Controls the layout of an object when exported to unmanaged code. | |
UnmanagedType | Infrastructure. Identifies how to marshal parameters or fields to unmanaged code. |