private CorDebug.CorValue Dereference(CorDebug.CorValue value)
{
while (true)
{
CorDebug.CorReferenceValue rv = value.CastToReferenceValue();
if (rv == null)
break; // not a reference
if (rv.IsNull)
return null; // reference to null
CorDebug.CorValue newValue = rv.Dereference();
if (newValue == null)
break; // couldn't dereference the reference (eg. void*)
value = newValue;
}
return value;
}
private string MakePtrString(CorDebug.CorValue value)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
while (true)
{
CorDebug.CorReferenceValue rv = value.CastToReferenceValue();
if (rv == null)
break; // not a reference
if (sb.Length > 0)
{
sb.Append("->");
}
sb.Append("0x" + rv.Value.ToString("X", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture));
CorDebug.CorValue newValue = null;
try
{
newValue = rv.Dereference();
}
catch (COMException ce)
{
if (ce.ErrorCode != (int) CorDebug.HResult.CORDBG_E_BAD_REFERENCE_VALUE)
{
throw; // some other error
}
}
if (newValue == null)
break; // couldn't dereference the reference (eg. void* or invalid ref)
value = newValue;
}
return sb.ToString();
}