2 // System.Reflection/Pointer.cs
5 // Paolo Molaro (lupus@ximian.com)
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35 using System
.Reflection
;
36 using System
.Globalization
;
37 using System
.Runtime
.CompilerServices
;
38 using System
.Runtime
.Serialization
;
39 using System
.Runtime
.InteropServices
;
41 namespace System
.Reflection
{
46 public unsafe sealed class Pointer
: ISerializable
{
48 #pragma warning disable 169, 414
50 #pragma warning restore 169, 414
55 public static object Box (void *ptr
, Type type
)
58 throw new ArgumentNullException ("type");
60 throw new ArgumentException ("type");
61 Pointer res
= new Pointer ();
67 public static void* Unbox (object ptr
)
69 Pointer p
= ptr
as Pointer
;
71 throw new ArgumentException ("ptr");
75 void ISerializable
.GetObjectData (SerializationInfo info
, StreamingContext context
)
77 throw new NotSupportedException ("Pointer deserializatioon not supported.");