Activator::CreateInstance( unmanaged type )

[muriwai]

Hi,

VC++ 2008 /clr:

I have an unmanaged class: "class U" and managed one: "class ref M{ M(
const U* ); }". In other words, the constructor of the managed class M
takes the pointer to the unmanaged class U. I can call the constructor
directly no problem. I want to instantiate M via reflection.

Activator::CreateInstance() takes an array of parameters to be passed to the
constructor:

array< System::Object^ >^ pParams = gcnew array< System::Object^ >( 1 );
const U* pu = new U;
pParams[ 0 ] = pu;

The last line gives error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const U *' to
'System::Object ^

My question is, how do I pass a pointer to an unmanaged class as a
constructor parameter to Activator::CreateInstance()?

Thank you,

Andrew

[Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]]

Hi muriwai!

array< System::Object^ >^ pParams = gcnew array< System::Object^ >( 1 );
const U* pu = new U;
pParams[ 0 ] = pu;

For "pointers" you should use "System::IntPtr"

Greetings
Jochen

[muriwai]

Thanks Jochen. I tried the following:

const U* pu = new U;
pParams[ 0 ] = gcnew System::IntPtr( ( PVOID) pu );
Activator.CreateInstance( type, pParams );

but the last line throws an exception because it can't find the constructor
(the constructor is "internal" by the way, and I am calling from the same
DLL).

I ended up with type->GetConstructors() and then explicitly invoking the
constructor with IntPtr as a parameter.

Cheers
"Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" <no********************@holzma.dewrote in message
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Hi muriwai!

>array< System::Object^ >^ pParams = gcnew array< System::Object^ >( 1 );
const U* pu = new U;
pParams[ 0 ] = pu;

For "pointers" you should use "System::IntPtr"

Greetings
Jochen