Method: FFI::Pointer#read_type

Defined in:
lib/ffi_pointer.rb

#read_type(type) ⇒ Object

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/ffi_pointer.rb', line 6

def read_type(type)
  type = FFI.find_type(type) if type.is_a?(Symbol)
  type = type.native_type if type.is_a?(FFI::Type::Mapped)
  raise ArgumentError, "Can only read built-in types (type=#{type})" unless type.is_a?(FFI::Type::Builtin)
  name = type.inspect.match(/<#{type.class}:(\S+)/)[1].downcase
  method = "read_#{name}".to_sym
  self.send(method)
end