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GCHandle Structure

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This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Provides a means for accessing a managed object from unmanaged memory.

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Structure GCHandle
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public struct GCHandle

The GCHandle type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 IsAllocated Gets a value indicating whether the handle is allocated.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Target Gets or sets the object this handle represents.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 AddrOfPinnedObject Security Critical. Retrieves the address of an object in a Pinned handle.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Alloc(Object) Security Critical. Allocates a Normal handle for the specified object.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Alloc(Object, GCHandleType) Security Critical. Allocates a handle of the specified type for the specified object.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals Determines whether the specified GCHandle object is equal to the current GCHandle object. (Overrides ValueType.Equals(Object).)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Free Security Critical. Releases a GCHandle.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Returns an identifier for the current GCHandle object. (Overrides ValueType.GetHashCode().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)

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Operators

  Name Description
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Explicit(GCHandle to IntPtr) A GCHandle is stored using an internal integer representation.
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Explicit(IntPtr to GCHandle) Security Critical. A GCHandle is stored using an internal integer representation.

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Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.