In C# library I wanted to call c function from YAZ library
YAZ_EXPORT
int yaz_marc_decode_buf(yaz_marc_t mt, const char *buf, int bsize, char **result, int *rsize);
The problem was that I didn't know how to specify char **result in managed declaration. I didn't find similar samplers in Zoom.NET implementation.
The article Call Unmanaged DLLs from C# recommended to use StringBuilder for LPSTR (char*) but it wasn't enough.
After some experimentation I found that adding ref will do the trick(which makes sense).
So the c# declaration is the following:
[DllImport("yaz.dll",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Ansi,
CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl,
EntryPoint = "yaz_marc_decode_buf"
)]
public static extern void yaz_marc_decode_buf(IntPtr yaz_marc_t, String marcBuf, int bsize,
ref StringBuilder result, ref int rsize);
and the sample code :
StringBuilder result=new StringBuilder() ; /* for result buf */
int result_len = 0; /* for size of result */
YazExt.yaz_marc_decode_buf (_yazMarc, marc_buf, -1, ref result, ref result_len);
string sXml = result.ToString();
posted @ Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:19 PM