[Mono-dev] Embedding Mono and HandleRef...

[Thomas Wiest]

Hey,
	I'm using the Mono embedding API and I'm using HandleRef's instead of 
IntPtr's (as per the instructions on the interop page).


http://www.mono-project.com/Interop_with_Native_Libraries


However, the HandleRef's seem to only be marshaled to IntPtr's if you're 
using p/invoke's. I've attached a tar ball with two examples of what I'm 
trying to do. Both examples can be compiled and run using "make run". 
The Dll_Import example works flawlessly, marshaling the HandleRef into 
an IntPtr. The mono_embed fails miserably because the HandleRef is still 
a MonoObject (notice the memory address' don't line up as they do in the 
Dll_Import example).

 From Robert Jordan's earlier e-mail it seems that the HandleRef is 
intentionally not marshaled. So my question is, how do I get the 
advantages of HandleRef's when using the embedding API? And if I just 
switch back to IntPtr's, will my C# objects get collected before my 
native code is done executing?


Thanks,
Thomas
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