Marshal() abstract private method

Provides the Expression which provides the value to be passed to the argument.
abstract private Marshal ( Expression parameter ) : Expression
parameter Expression
return Expression
Example #1
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        internal Expression InitializeArgumentVariant(MemberExpression variant, Expression parameter)
        {
            //NOTE: we must remember our variant
            //the reason is that argument order does not map exactly to the order of variants for invoke
            //and when we are doing clean-up we must be sure we are cleaning the variant we have initialized.

            _variant = variant;

            if (IsByRef)
            {
                // temp = argument
                // paramVariants._elementN.SetAsByrefT(ref temp)
                Debug.Assert(TempVariable == null);
                var argExpr = _argBuilder.MarshalToRef(parameter);

                TempVariable = Expression.Variable(argExpr.Type, null);
                return(Expression.Block(
                           Expression.Assign(TempVariable, argExpr),
                           Expression.Call(
                               variant,
                               Variant.GetByrefSetter(_targetComType & ~VarEnum.VT_BYREF),
                               TempVariable
                               )
                           ));
            }

            Expression argument = _argBuilder.Marshal(parameter);

            // we are forced to special case ConvertibleArgBuilder since it does not have
            // a corresponding _targetComType.
            if (_argBuilder is ConvertibleArgBuilder)
            {
                return(Expression.Call(
                           variant,
                           typeof(Variant).GetMethod("SetAsIConvertible"),
                           argument
                           ));
            }

            if (Variant.IsPrimitiveType(_targetComType) ||
                (_targetComType == VarEnum.VT_DISPATCH) ||
                (_targetComType == VarEnum.VT_UNKNOWN) ||
                (_targetComType == VarEnum.VT_VARIANT) ||
                (_targetComType == VarEnum.VT_RECORD) ||
                (_targetComType == VarEnum.VT_ARRAY))
            {
                // paramVariants._elementN.AsT = (cast)argN
                return(Expression.Assign(
                           Expression.Property(
                               variant,
                               Variant.GetAccessor(_targetComType)
                               ),
                           argument
                           ));
            }

            switch (_targetComType)
            {
            case VarEnum.VT_EMPTY:
                return(null);

            case VarEnum.VT_NULL:
                // paramVariants._elementN.SetAsNull();
                return(Expression.Call(variant, typeof(Variant).GetMethod("SetAsNull")));

            default:
                Debug.Assert(false, "Unexpected VarEnum");
                return(null);
            }
        }