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15 changes: 10 additions & 5 deletions MetadataProcessor.Shared/Utility/NativeMethodsCrc.cs
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Expand Up @@ -191,13 +191,18 @@ internal static string GetNanoCLRTypeName(TypeReference parameterType)
// check if it's generic
return "DATATYPE_GENERICTYPE";
}
else
else if(parameterType.IsPointer)
{
// this is not a generic, get full qualified type name
string typeName = parameterType.FullName.Replace(".", String.Empty);

return CleanupGenericName(typeName);
if (nanoSignaturesTable.PrimitiveTypes.TryGetValue(parameterType.GetElementType().FullName, out myType))
{
return $"{myType}ptr";
}
}

// last attempt: get full qualified type name
string typeName = parameterType.FullName.Replace(".", string.Empty);

return CleanupGenericName(typeName);
}
}

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion MetadataProcessor.Tests/StubsGenerationTestNFApp/NativeMethodGeneration.cs
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Expand Up @@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ public void Method()

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
private static extern byte NativeStaticMethodReturningByte(char charParam);

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
public extern unsafe void MethodWithPointerParm(void* pointer, int length);
}
}
}
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion MetadataProcessor.Tests/StubsGenerationTestNFApp/StubsGenerationTestNFApp.nfproj
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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
<RootNamespace>StubsGenerationTestNFApp</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>StubsGenerationTestNFApp</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v1.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Label="nanoFramework">
<NFMDP_GENERATE_STUBS>True</NFMDP_GENERATE_STUBS>
Expand All @@ -35,4 +36,4 @@
<ProjectConfigurationsDeclaredAsItems />
</ProjectCapabilities>
</ProjectExtensions>
</Project>
</Project>