Interface ToNativeConverter

src/com/sun/jna/ToNativeConverter.java:30–55

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

 * Define conversion from a Java type to its corresponding native type.
 */
public interface ToNativeConverter {
    /**
     * Convert a Java type to an appropriate native type. The new type
     * must be one of the following classes:
     * <ul>
     * <li>{@link Pointer}
     * <li>Boolean
     * <li>Byte
     * <li>Short
     * <li>Character
     * <li>Integer
     * <li>{@link NativeLong}
     * <li>Long
     * <li>Float
     * <li>Double
     * <li>{@link Structure}
     * <li>String
     * <li>{@link WString}
     * <li>{@link java.nio.Buffer} (unsupported in direct mode)
     * <li>primitive array (unsupported in direct mode)
     * </ul>
     */
    Object toNative(Object value, ToNativeContext context);
    /** Indicate the type expected from {@link #toNative}. */
    Class<?> nativeType();
}