com.sun.jna

Interface ToNativeConverter

All Known Subinterfaces:

TypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumConverter, NativeMappedConverter

public interface ToNativeConverter

Define conversion from a Java type to its corresponding native type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<?>	nativeType() Indicate the type expected from toNative(java.lang.Object, com.sun.jna.ToNativeContext).
java.lang.Object	toNative(java.lang.Object value, ToNativeContext context) Convert a Java type to an appropriate native type.

Method Detail

toNative

java.lang.Object toNative(java.lang.Object value,
                          ToNativeContext context)

Convert a Java type to an appropriate native type. The new type must be one of the following classes:

• Pointer
• Boolean
• Byte
• Short
• Character
• Integer
• NativeLong
• Long
• Float
• Double
• Structure
• String
• WString
• Buffer (unsupported in direct mode)
• primitive array (unsupported in direct mode)

nativeType

java.lang.Class<?> nativeType()

Indicate the type expected from toNative(java.lang.Object, com.sun.jna.ToNativeContext).