public override TypePrinterResult VisitPointerType(PointerType pointer, TypeQualifiers quals) { TypeMap typeMap; if (Context.TypeMaps.FindTypeMap(pointer.Desugar(), out typeMap)) { var typePrinterContext = new TypePrinterContext { Kind = ContextKind, MarshalKind = MarshalKind, Type = pointer }; return(typeMap.CLISignatureType(typePrinterContext).Visit(this)); } var pointee = pointer.Pointee.Desugar(); if (pointee is FunctionType) { var function = pointee as FunctionType; return(string.Format("{0}^", function.Visit(this, quals))); } // From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y31yhkeb.aspx // Any of the following types may be a pointer type: // * sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, char, float, double, decimal, or bool. // * Any enum type. // * Any pointer type. // * Any user-defined struct type that contains fields of unmanaged types only. var finalPointee = pointer.GetFinalPointee(); if (finalPointee.IsPrimitiveType()) { // Skip one indirection if passed by reference bool isRefParam = Parameter != null && (Parameter.IsOut || Parameter.IsInOut); if (isRefParam) { return(pointer.QualifiedPointee.Visit(this)); } if (pointee.IsPrimitiveType(PrimitiveType.Void)) { return("::System::IntPtr"); } var result = pointer.QualifiedPointee.Visit(this).ToString(); return(!isRefParam && result == "::System::IntPtr" ? "void**" : result + "*"); } Enumeration @enum; if (pointee.TryGetEnum(out @enum)) { var typeName = @enum.Visit(this); // Skip one indirection if passed by reference if (Parameter != null && (Parameter.IsOut || Parameter.IsInOut) && pointee == finalPointee) { return(string.Format("{0}", typeName)); } return(string.Format("{0}*", typeName)); } return(pointer.QualifiedPointee.Visit(this)); }