interface INativeHandle in Tinman.Core.System

Base interface for classes that contain some kind of native resource handle.

interface	INativeHandle	extends	IDisposable
		base of	IApplicationWindow
			IGraphicsContext
			IIndexBuffer
			IRenderTarget
			ITexture
			IVertexBuffer
			Thread

Remarks

The raw handle value of the native resource can be queried via NativeHandle. The documentation of the implementing class will contain information on how to interpret the raw handle value.

Attributes

LifecycleState

Returns the lifecycle state of this object.

property	LifecycleState { get }
type	LifecycleState
value		The lifecycle state.
inherited	ILifecycleState.LifecycleState

NativeHandle

Returns the raw handle value of the native resource that is contained in this object.

property	NativeHandle { get }
type	IntPtr
value		The raw handle value.

Remarks:

The documentation of the implementing class will contain information on how to interpret the raw handle value.

Methods

AcquireTry

Acquires a strong reference to this disposable object.

[OwnerReturn, ThreadSafe]
method	AcquireTry ()
type	IDisposable
returns			this if a new strong reference has been acquired, null if this object is already being disposed.
inherited	IDisposable.AcquireTry

Remarks:

The object will not be actually disposed by calls to Dispose when there is at least one strong reference left. Code that calls the AcquireTry method is responsible for calling the Dispose method accordingly.

This method is not intended to be used in performance-critical code. It should only be used to high-level resource management.

Dispose

Releases all resources held by this object if there are no more strong references to it, decrements the reference counter by one otherwise.

[Dispose, OwnerThis, ThreadSafe]
method	Dispose ()
inherited	IDisposable.Dispose

Remarks:

The Dispose method silently returns if the object has already been disposed.