IPointerInstance Interface

Interface representing an instance of an IPointerType


Namespace: TwinCAT.TypeSystem
Assembly: TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions (in TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions.dll) Version: 7.0.0+e56d35ccc4675faac24789a4aab60071fc61d470

Syntax

C#

public interface IPointerInstance : ISymbol, 
    IAttributedInstance, IInstance, IBitSize

The IPointerInstance type exposes the following members.

Properties

 

Name

Description

IPointerInstance Interface 1:

Attributes

Gets the Type Attributes.
(Inherited from IAttributedInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 2:

BitSize

Gets the size of the IDataType in bits.
(Inherited from IBitSize)

IPointerInstance Interface 3:

ByteSize

Gets the (aligned) size of of the Type/Instance in Bytes
(Inherited from IBitSize)

IPointerInstance Interface 4:

Category

Gets the Symbol/Datatype Category
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 5:

Comment

Gets the comment of the IInstance
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 6:

DataType

Gets the IDataType of the IInstance.
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 7:

InstanceName

Gets the name of the instance (without periods (.)
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 8:

InstancePath

Gets the relative / absolute access path to the instance (with periods (.))
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 9:

IsBitType

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is not basing on a full DataType but instead of some sort of bit mapping
(Inherited from IBitSize)

IPointerInstance Interface 10:

IsByteAligned

Indicates that the Size of the Object is Byte aligned (BitSize % 8 == 0)
(Inherited from IBitSize)

IPointerInstance Interface 11:

IsContainerType

Gets a value indicating whether this Symbol is acontainer type.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 12:

IsPersistent

Gets a value indicating whether this ISymbol is persistent.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 13:

IsPointer

Indicates that the IInstance represents a Pointer type (Pointer TO)
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 14:

IsPrimitiveType

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is a primitive type.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 15:

IsProperty

Gets a value indicating whether IInstance is a property.
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 16:

IsReadOnly

Indicates that this instance is read only.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 17:

IsRecursive

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is recursive.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 18:

IsReference

Indicates that the IInstance represents a Reference type (REFERENCE TO)
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 19:

IsStatic

Gets a value indicating whether this IInstance is static.
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 20:

Parent

Gets the parent Symbol
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 21:

Reference

Gets the resolved reference of Pointer / Reference (or NULL if PVOID)

IPointerInstance Interface 22:

Size

Gets the size of the object in bytes or Bits dependant on IsBitType
(Inherited from IBitSize)

IPointerInstance Interface 23:

SubSymbols

Gets the SubSymbols of the ISymbol
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IPointerInstance Interface 24:

TypeName

Gets the name of the DataType that is used for this IInstance.
(Inherited from IInstance)

IPointerInstance Interface 25:

ValueEncoding

Gets the value encoding.
(Inherited from IAttributedInstance)

Extension Methods

 

Name

Description

HasExternalDataReferences

Indicates, that the Instance value includes process memory data, that cannot be read in one memory block.
(Defined by DataTypeExtension)

IsExternalDataReference

Indicates, that the field is static or is not part of the parents processimage memory location
(Defined by DataTypeExtension)

Unwrap

Gets the Unwrapped Symbol
(Defined by SymbolExtensions)

Reference

TwinCAT.TypeSystem Namespace

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