/// <summary>
/// Returns the address to be used as memory context. This is used to get an address
/// from an expression entered into Visual Studio's memory view's address text box.
/// </summary>
public static ulong?GetMemoryContextAddress(this RemoteValue remoteValue)
{
if (!IsValidValue(remoteValue))
{
return(null);
}
TypeFlags GetTypeFlags(RemoteValue value) =>
remoteValue.GetTypeInfo().GetCanonicalType().GetTypeFlags();
// If the value is an array, try to obtain its address.
TypeFlags flags = GetTypeFlags(remoteValue);
if (flags.HasFlag(TypeFlags.IS_ARRAY))
{
remoteValue = remoteValue.AddressOf();
if (!IsValidValue(remoteValue))
{
return(null);
}
flags = GetTypeFlags(remoteValue);
}
// Only interpret pointers, references and integers as addresses.
if (!flags.HasFlag(TypeFlags.IS_REFERENCE) && !flags.HasFlag(TypeFlags.IS_POINTER) &&
!flags.HasFlag(TypeFlags.IS_INTEGER))
{
return(null);
}
return(remoteValue.GetValueAsUnsigned());
}
private static bool TryGetAddressOf(RemoteValue remoteValue, out RemoteValue addressOf)
{
addressOf = null;
var addressOfValue = remoteValue.AddressOf();
if (addressOfValue == null || addressOfValue.GetError().Fail())
{
return(false);
}
addressOf = addressOfValue;
return(true);
}
public virtual RemoteValue AddressOf()
{
return(value.AddressOf());
}