// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Calls the underlying native function to create and return a new instance, which will be wrapped in the specified managed object type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A managed object type to wrap the new native object handle.</typeparam>
/// <param name="args">Arguments to pass to the function to construct the new native instance.</param>
/// <returns>A new instance of 'T'.</returns>
public V8ManagedObject CreateInstance <T>(params InternalHandle[] args) // TODO: Parameter passing needs testing.
where T : V8ManagedObject, new()
{
HandleProxy **_args = null;
if (args.Length > 0)
{
_args = (HandleProxy **)Utilities.AllocPointerArray(args.Length);
for (var i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
_args[i] = args[i];
}
}
// (note: the special case here is that the native function object will use its own template to create instances)
T obj = _Engine._CreateManagedObject <T>(this, null);
obj.Template = InstanceTemplate;
try
{
obj._Handle.Set(V8NetProxy.CreateInstanceFromFunctionTemplate(_NativeFunctionTemplateProxy, obj.ID, args.Length, _args));
// (note: setting '_NativeObject' also updates it's '_ManagedObject' field if necessary.
obj.Initialize(true, args);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// ... something went wrong, so remove the new managed object ...
_Engine._RemoveObjectWeakReference(obj.ID);
throw ex;
}
finally
{
Utilities.FreeNativeMemory((IntPtr)_args);
}
return(obj);
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Calls the underlying native function to create a new native object and return its handle.
/// Use this method if you only need the native object and not a managed wrapper.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">Arguments to pass to the function to construct the new native instance.</param>
/// <returns>A handle to the new object.</returns>
public InternalHandle CreateNativeInstance(params InternalHandle[] args) // TODO: Parameter passing needs testing.
{
HandleProxy **_args = null;
if (args.Length > 0)
{
_args = (HandleProxy **)Utilities.AllocPointerArray(args.Length);
for (var i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
_args[i] = args[i];
}
}
try
{
return((InternalHandle)V8NetProxy.CreateInstanceFromFunctionTemplate(_NativeFunctionTemplateProxy, -1, args.Length, _args));
}
finally
{
Utilities.FreeNativeMemory((IntPtr)_args);
}
}