String.cs

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

using DBus;

namespace DBus.DBusType
{
  public class String : IDBusType
  {
    public const char Code = 's';
    private string val;
    
    private String()
    {
    }
    
    public String(string val, Service service) 
    {
      this.val = val;
    }
    
    public String(IntPtr iter, Service service)
    {
      IntPtr raw;

      dbus_message_iter_get_basic (iter, out raw);

      this.val = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi (raw);
    }

    public void Append(IntPtr iter) 
    {
      IntPtr marshalVal = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi (val);

      bool success = dbus_message_iter_append_basic (iter, (int) Code, ref marshalVal);
      Marshal.FreeHGlobal (marshalVal);

      if (!success)
        throw new ApplicationException("Failed to append STRING argument:" + val);
    }

    public static bool Suits(System.Type type) 
    {
      switch (type.ToString()) {
      case "System.String":
      case "System.String&":
        return true;
      }
      
      return false;
    }

    public static void EmitMarshalIn(ILGenerator generator, Type type)
    {
      if (type.IsByRef) {
        generator.Emit(OpCodes.Ldind_Ref);
      }
    }

    public static void EmitMarshalOut(ILGenerator generator, Type type, bool isReturn) 
    {
      generator.Emit(OpCodes.Castclass, type);
      if (!isReturn) {
        generator.Emit(OpCodes.Stind_Ref);
      }
    }

    public object Get() 
    {
      return this.val;
    }

    public object Get(System.Type type)
    {
      switch (type.ToString()) 
        {
        case "System.String":
        case "System.String&":
          return this.val;
        default:
          throw new ArgumentException("Cannot cast DBus.Type.String to type '" + type.ToString() + "'");
        }
    }    

    [DllImport("dbus-1")]
    private extern static void dbus_message_iter_get_basic (IntPtr iter, out IntPtr value);
 
    [DllImport("dbus-1")]
    private extern static bool dbus_message_iter_append_basic (IntPtr iter, int type, ref IntPtr value);
  }
}

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