PointerMemoryManager

[MichalPetryka]

Overview

PointerMemoryManager is a common concept among projects, allowing to pass native memory to async apis that take Memory.

API breakdown

public sealed class PointerMemoryManager<T> : MemoryManager<T>
{
    public PointerMemoryManager(T* pointer, int size);
    public override Span<T> GetSpan();
    public override MemoryHandle Pin(int elementIndex = 0);
    public override void Unpin();
    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing);
}

Usage example

byte* ptr = SomeApi(out int length);
using PointerMemoryManager<byte> manager = new(ptr, length);
await SomeAsyncApi(manager.Memory);

Breaking change?

No

Alternatives

Define it in your project.

Additional context

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