private static DecayPointer <T> CreateDecayedPointer(IntPtr pHeap, bool isString)
{
PointerMetadata meta = new PointerMetadata(Unsafe.SizeOf <T>(), true);
var p = new DecayPointer <T>(pHeap, meta, isString);
return(p);
}
private protected DecayPointer(IntPtr pHeap, PointerMetadata metadata, bool isString) :
base(pHeap, metadata)
{
_origin = pHeap;
IntPtr sizePtr;
// Calculate the size ptr
if (isString)
{
// an Int32 is the first field in a string
// indicating the number of the elements
sizePtr = _origin - sizeof(int);
}
else
{
// The lowest DWORD of a QWORD is the length of the array
sizePtr = _origin - sizeof(long);
}
Count = Marshal.ReadInt32(sizePtr);
}
protected bool Equals(PointerMetadata m)
{
return(this.IsDecayed == m.IsDecayed && this.ElementSize == m.ElementSize);
}
