Generate C# FFI from Rust for automatically brings native code and C native library to .NET and Unity.
Automatically generates C# DllImport
code from Rust extern "C" fn
code. Whereas DllImport defaults to the Windows calling convention and requires a lot of configuration for C calls, csbindgen generates code optimized for "Cdecl" calls. Also .NET and Unity have different callback invocation methods (.NET uses function pointers, while Unity uses MonoPInvokeCallback), but you can output code for either by configuration.
When used with Rust's excellent C integration, you can also bring C libraries into C#.
There are usually many pains involved in using the C Library with C#. Not only is it difficult to create bindings, but cross-platform builds are very difficult. In this day and age, you have to build for multiple platforms and architectures, windows, osx, linux, android, ios, each with x64, x86, arm.
Rust has an excellent toolchain for cross-platform builds, as well as cc crate, cmake crate allow C source code to be integrated into the build. And rust-bindgen, which generates bindings from .h
, is highly functional and very stable.
csbindgen can easily bring native C libraries into C# through Rust. csbindgen generates Rust extern code and C# DllImport code to work with C# from code generated from C by bindgen. With cc crate or cmake crate, C code is linked to the single rust native library.
showcase:
- lz4_bindgen.cs : LZ4 compression library C# binding
- zstd_bindgen.cs : Zstandard compression library C# binding
- quiche_bindgen.cs : cloudflare/quiche QUIC and HTTP/3 library C# binding
- bullet3_bindgen.cs : Bullet Physics SDK C# binding
- sqlite3_bindgen.cs : SQLite C# binding
- Cysharp/YetAnotherHttpHandler : brings the power of HTTP/2 (and gRPC) to Unity and .NET Standard
- Cysharp/MagicPhysX : .NET PhysX 5 binding to all platforms(win, osx, linux)
Install on Cargo.toml
as build-dependencies
and set up bindgen::Builder
on build.rs
.
[lib]
crate-type = ["cdylib"]
[build-dependencies]
csbindgen = "1.8.0"
You can bring Rust FFI code to C#.
// lib.rs, simple FFI code
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn my_add(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32 {
x + y
}
Setup csbindgen code to build.rs
.
fn main() {
csbindgen::Builder::default()
.input_extern_file("lib.rs")
.csharp_dll_name("nativelib")
.generate_csharp_file("../dotnet/NativeMethods.g.cs")
.unwrap();
}
It will generate this C# code.
// NativeMethods.g.cs
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace CsBindgen
{
internal static unsafe partial class NativeMethods
{
const string __DllName = "nativelib";
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "my_add", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern int my_add(int x, int y);
}
}
For example, build lz4 compression library.
// using bindgen, generate binding code
bindgen::Builder::default()
.header("c/lz4/lz4.h")
.generate().unwrap()
.write_to_file("lz4.rs").unwrap();
// using cc, build and link c code
cc::Build::new().file("lz4.c").compile("lz4");
// csbindgen code, generate both rust ffi and C# dll import
csbindgen::Builder::default()
.input_bindgen_file("lz4.rs") // read from bindgen generated code
.rust_file_header("use super::lz4::*;") // import bindgen generated modules(struct/method)
.csharp_entry_point_prefix("csbindgen_") // adjust same signature of rust method and C# EntryPoint
.csharp_dll_name("liblz4")
.generate_to_file("lz4_ffi.rs", "../dotnet/NativeMethods.lz4.g.cs")
.unwrap();
It will generates like these code.
// lz4_ffi.rs
#[allow(unused)]
use ::std::os::raw::*;
use super::lz4::*;
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn csbindgen_LZ4_compress_default(src: *const c_char, dst: *mut c_char, srcSize: c_int, dstCapacity: c_int) -> c_int
{
LZ4_compress_default(src, dst, srcSize, dstCapacity)
}
// NativeMethods.lz4.g.cs
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace CsBindgen
{
internal static unsafe partial class NativeMethods
{
const string __DllName = "liblz4";
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "csbindgen_LZ4_compress_default", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern int LZ4_compress_default(byte* src, byte* dst, int srcSize, int dstCapacity);
}
}
Finally import generated module on lib.rs
.
// lib.rs, import generated codes.
#[allow(dead_code)]
#[allow(non_snake_case)]
#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
#[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
mod lz4;
#[allow(dead_code)]
#[allow(non_snake_case)]
#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
mod lz4_ffi;
Rust to C#, use the input_extern_file
-> setup options -> generate_csharp_file
.
csbindgen::Builder::default()
.input_extern_file("src/lib.rs") // required
.csharp_dll_name("mynativelib") // required
.csharp_class_name("NativeMethods") // optional, default: NativeMethods
.csharp_namespace("CsBindgen") // optional, default: CsBindgen
.csharp_class_accessibility("internal") // optional, default: internal
.csharp_entry_point_prefix("") // optional, default: ""
.csharp_method_prefix("") // optional, default: ""
.csharp_use_function_pointer(true) // optional, default: true
.csharp_disable_emit_dll_name(false) // optional, default: false
.csharp_imported_namespaces("MyLib") // optional, default: empty
.csharp_generate_const (false) // optional, default: false
.csharp_dll_name_if("UNITY_IOS && !UNITY_EDITOR", "__Internal") // optional, default: ""
.generate_csharp_file("../dotnet-sandbox/NativeMethods.cs") // required
.unwrap();
csharp_*
configuration will be embedded in the placeholder of the output file.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using {csharp_imported_namespaces};
namespace {csharp_namespace}
{
{csharp_class_accessibility} static unsafe partial class {csharp_class_name}
{
#if {csharp_dll_name_if(if_symbol,...)}
const string __DllName = "{csharp_dll_name_if(...,if_dll_name)}";
#else
const string __DllName = "{csharp_dll_name}";
#endif
}
{csharp_generate_const}
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "{csharp_entry_point_prefix}LZ4_versionNumber", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern int {csharp_method_prefix}LZ4_versionNumber();
}
csharp_dll_name_if
is optional. If specified, #if
allows two DllName to be specified, which is useful if the name must be __Internal
at iOS build.
csharp_disable_emit_dll_name
is optional, if set to true then don't emit const string __DllName
. It is useful for generate same class-name from different builder.
csharp_generate_const
is optional, if set to true then generate C# const
field from Rust const
.
input_extern_file
and input_bindgen_file
allow mulitple call, if you need to add dependent struct, use this.
csbindgen::Builder::default()
.input_extern_file("src/lib.rs")
.input_extern_file("src/struct_modules.rs")
.generate_csharp_file("../dotnet-sandbox/NativeMethods.cs");
also csharp_imported_namespaces
can call multiple times.
csharp_use_function_pointer
configures how generate function pointer. The default is to generate a delegate*
, but Unity does not support it; setting it to false
will generate a Func/Action
that can be used with MonoPInvokeCallback
.
// true(default) generates delegate*
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "callback_test", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern int callback_test(delegate* unmanaged[Cdecl]<int, int> cb);
// You can define like this callback method.
[UnmanagedCallersOnly(CallConvs = new[] { typeof(CallConvCdecl) })]
static int Method(int x) => x * x;
// And use it.
callback_test(&Method);
// ---
// false will generates {method_name}_{parameter_name}_delegate, it is useful for Unity
[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public delegate int callback_test_cb_delegate(int a);
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "callback_test", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern int callback_test(callback_test_cb_delegate cb);
// Unity can define callback method as MonoPInvokeCallback
[MonoPInvokeCallback(typeof(NativeMethods.callback_test_cb_delegate))]
static int Method(int x) => x * x;
// And use it.
callback_test(Method);
input_bindgen_file
-> setup options -> generate_to_file
to use C to C# workflow.
csbindgen::Builder::default()
.input_bindgen_file("src/lz4.rs") // required
.method_filter(|x| { x.starts_with("LZ4") } ) // optional, default: |x| !x.starts_with('_')
.rust_method_prefix("csbindgen_") // optional, default: "csbindgen_"
.rust_file_header("use super::lz4::*;") // optional, default: ""
.rust_method_type_path("lz4") // optional, default: ""
.csharp_dll_name("lz4") // required
.csharp_class_name("NativeMethods") // optional, default: NativeMethods
.csharp_namespace("CsBindgen") // optional, default: CsBindgen
.csharp_class_accessibility("internal") // optional, default: internal
.csharp_entry_point_prefix("csbindgen_") // required, you must set same as rust_method_prefix
.csharp_method_prefix("") // optional, default: ""
.csharp_use_function_pointer(true) // optional, default: true
.csharp_imported_namespaces("MyLib") // optional, default: empty
.csharp_generate_const (false) // optional, default: false
.csharp_dll_name_if("UNITY_IOS && !UNITY_EDITOR", "__Internal") // optional, default: ""
.generate_to_file("src/lz4_ffi.rs", "../dotnet-sandbox/lz4_bindgen.cs") // required
.unwrap();
It will be embedded in the placeholder of the output file.
#[allow(unused)]
use ::std::os::raw::*;
{rust_file_header}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn {rust_method_prefix}LZ4_versionNumber() -> c_int
{
{rust_method_type_path}::LZ4_versionNumber()
}
csharp_*
option template is same as Rust to C#, see above documentation.
Adjust rust_file_header
for match your module configuration, recommend to use ::*
, also using rust_method_type_path
that add explicitly resolve path.
method_filter
allows you to specify which methods to exclude; if unspecified, methods prefixed with _
are excluded by default. C libraries are usually published with a specific prefix. For example, LZ4 is LZ4
, ZStandard is ZSTD_
, quiche is quiche_
, Bullet Physics SDK is b3
.
rust_method_prefix
and csharp_method_prefix
or csharp_entry_point_prefix
must be adjusted to match the method name to be called.
If the file path to be loaded needs to be changed depending on the operating system, the following load code can be used.
internal static unsafe partial class NativeMethods
{
// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/native-interop/cross-platform
// Library path will search
// win => __DllName, __DllName.dll
// linux, osx => __DllName.so, __DllName.dylib
static NativeMethods()
{
NativeLibrary.SetDllImportResolver(typeof(NativeMethods).Assembly, DllImportResolver);
}
static IntPtr DllImportResolver(string libraryName, Assembly assembly, DllImportSearchPath? searchPath)
{
if (libraryName == __DllName)
{
var path = "runtimes/";
var extension = "";
if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
{
path += "win-";
extension = ".dll";
}
else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
{
path += "osx-";
extension = ".dylib";
}
else
{
path += "linux-";
extension = ".so";
}
if (RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture == Architecture.X86)
{
path += "x86";
}
else if (RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture == Architecture.X64)
{
path += "x64";
}
else if (RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture == Architecture.Arm64)
{
path += "arm64";
}
path += "/native/" + __DllName + extension;
return NativeLibrary.Load(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, path), assembly, searchPath);
}
return IntPtr.Zero;
}
}
If Unity, configure Platform settings in each native library's inspector.
In an object-oriented style, it is common to create methods that take a pointer to a state (this) as their first argument. With csbindgen, you can group these methods using extension methods by specifying a Source Generator on the C# side.
Install csbindgen from NuGet, and specify [GroupedNativeMethods] for the partial class of the generated extension methods.
PM> Install-Package csbindgen
// create new file and write same type-name with same namespace
namespace CsBindgen
{
// append `GroupedNativeMethods` attribute
[GroupedNativeMethods()]
internal static unsafe partial class NativeMethods
{
}
}
// original methods
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "counter_context_insert", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern void counter_context_insert(counter_context* context, int value);
// generated methods
public static void Insert(this ref global::CsBindgen.counter_context @context, int @value)
// ----
counter_context* context = NativeMethods.create_counter_context();
// standard style
NativeMethods.counter_context_insert(context, 10);
// generated style
context->Insert(10);
GroupedNativeMethods
has four configuration parameters.
public GroupedNativeMethodsAttribute(
string removePrefix = "",
string removeSuffix = "",
bool removeUntilTypeName = true,
bool fixMethodName = true)
removeUntilTypeName
will remove until find type-name in method-name. For example foo_counter_context_insert(countext_context* foo)
-> Insert
. As a result, it is recommended to use a naming convention where the same type name is placed immediately before the verb.
Rust types will map these C# types.
Rust | C# |
---|---|
i8 |
sbyte |
i16 |
short |
i32 |
int |
i64 |
long |
i128 |
Int128 |
isize |
nint |
u8 |
byte |
u16 |
ushort |
u32 |
uint |
u64 |
ulong |
u128 |
UInt128 |
usize |
nuint |
f32 |
float |
f64 |
double |
bool |
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U1)]bool |
char |
uint |
() |
void |
c_char |
byte |
c_schar |
sbyte |
c_uchar |
byte |
c_short |
short |
c_ushort |
ushort |
c_int |
int |
c_uint |
uint |
c_long |
CLong |
c_ulong |
CULong |
c_longlong |
long |
c_ulonglong |
ulong |
c_float |
float |
c_double |
double |
c_void |
void |
CString |
sbyte |
NonZeroI8 |
sbyte |
NonZeroI16 |
short |
NonZeroI32 |
int |
NonZeroI64 |
long |
NonZeroI128 |
Int128 |
NonZeroIsize |
nint |
NonZeroU8 |
byte |
NonZeroU16 |
ushort |
NonZeroU32 |
uint |
NonZeroU64 |
ulong |
NonZeroU128 |
UInt128 |
NonZeroUsize |
nuint |
#[repr(C)]Struct |
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]Struct |
#[repr(C)]Union |
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]Struct |
#[repr(u*/i*)]Enum |
Enum |
bitflags! | [Flags]Enum |
extern "C" fn |
delegate* unmanaged[Cdecl]<> or Func<>/Action<> |
Option<extern "C" fn> |
delegate* unmanaged[Cdecl]<> or Func<>/Action<> |
*mut T |
T* |
*const T |
T* |
*mut *mut T |
T** |
*const *const T |
T** |
*mut *const T |
T** |
*const *mut T |
T** |
&T |
T* |
&mut T |
T* |
&&T |
T** |
&*mut T |
T** |
NonNull<T> |
T* |
Box<T> |
T* |
csbindgen is designed to return primitives that do not cause marshalling. It is better to convert from pointers to Span yourself than to do the conversion implicitly and in a black box. This is a recent trend, such as the addition of DisableRuntimeMarshalling from .NET 7.
c_long
and c_ulong
will convert to CLong, CULong struct after .NET 6. If you want to convert in Unity, you will need Shim.
// Currently Unity is .NET Standard 2.1 so does not exist CLong and CULong
namespace System.Runtime.InteropServices
{
internal struct CLong
{
public int Value; // #if Windows = int, Unix x32 = int, Unix x64 = long
}
internal struct CULong
{
public uint Value; // #if Windows = uint, Unix x32 = uint, Unix x64 = ulong
}
}
csbindgen supports Struct
, you can define #[repr(C)]
struct on method parameter or return value.
// If you define this struct...
#[repr(C)]
pub struct MyVector3 {
pub x: f32,
pub y: f32,
pub z: f32,
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn pass_vector3(v3: MyVector3) {
println!("{}, {}, {}", v3.x, v3.y, v3.z);
}
// csbindgen generates this C# struct
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal unsafe partial struct MyVector3
{
public float x;
public float y;
public float z;
}
Also supports tuple struct, it will generate Item*
fields in C#.
#[repr(C)]
pub struct MyIntVec3(i32, i32, i32);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal unsafe partial struct MyIntVec3
{
public int Item1;
public int Item2;
public int Item3;
}
It also supports unit struct, but there is no C# struct that is synonymous with Rust's unit struct (0 byte), so it cannot be materialized. Instead of using void*, it is recommended to use typed pointers.
// 0-byte in Rust
#[repr(C)]
pub struct MyContext;
// 1-byte in C#
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal unsafe partial struct MyContext
{
}
Union
will generate [FieldOffset(0)]
struct.
#[repr(C)]
pub union MyUnion {
pub foo: i32,
pub bar: i64,
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn return_union() -> MyUnion {
MyUnion { bar: 53 }
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
internal unsafe partial struct MyUnion
{
[FieldOffset(0)]
public int foo;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public long bar;
}
#[repr(i*)]
or #[repr(u*)]
defined Enum
is supported.
#[repr(u8)]
pub enum ByteEnum {
A = 1,
B = 2,
C = 10,
}
internal enum ByteTest : byte
{
A = 1,
B = 2,
C = 10,
}
csbindgen supports bitflags crate.
bitflags! {
#[repr(C)]
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
struct EnumFlags: u32 {
const A = 0b00000001;
const B = 0b00000010;
const C = 0b00000100;
const ABC = Self::A.bits() | Self::B.bits() | Self::C.bits();
}
}
[Flags]
internal enum EnumFlags : uint
{
A = 0b00000001,
B = 0b00000010,
C = 0b00000100,
ABC = A | B | C,
}
You can receive, return function to/from C#.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn csharp_to_rust(cb: extern "C" fn(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32) {
let sum = cb(10, 20); // invoke C# method
println!("{sum}");
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn rust_to_csharp() -> extern fn(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32 {
sum // return rust method
}
extern "C" fn sum(x:i32, y:i32) -> i32 {
x + y
}
In default, csbindgen generates extern "C" fn
as delegate* unmanaged[Cdecl]<>
.
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "csharp_to_rust", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern void csharp_to_rust(delegate* unmanaged[Cdecl]<int, int, int> cb);
[DllImport(__DllName, EntryPoint = "rust_to_csharp", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern delegate* unmanaged[Cdecl]<int, int, int> rust_to_csharp();
It can use in C# like this.
// C# -> Rust, pass static UnmanagedCallersOnly method with `&`
[UnmanagedCallersOnly(CallConvs = new[] { typeof(CallConvCdecl) })]
static int Sum(int x, int y) => x + y;
NativeMethods.csharp_to_rust(&Sum);
// Rust -> C#, get typed delegate*
var f = NativeMethods.rust_to_csharp();
var v = f(20, 30);
Console.WriteLine(v); // 50
Unity can not use C# 9.0 function pointer, csbindgen has to use
MonoPInvokeCallback
options. see: Unity Callback section.
Rust FFI suppots Option<fn>
, it can receive null pointer.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn nullable_callback_test(cb: Option<extern "C" fn(a: i32) -> i32>) -> i32 {
match cb {
Some(f) => f(100),
None => -1,
}
}
var v = NativeMethods.nullable_callback_test(null); // -1
Allocated Rust memory in heap can send to C# via pointer and Box::into_raw
and Box::from_raw
.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn create_context() -> *mut Context {
let ctx = Box::new(Context { foo: true });
Box::into_raw(ctx)
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn delete_context(context: *mut Context) {
unsafe { Box::from_raw(context) };
}
#[repr(C)]
pub struct Context {
pub foo: bool,
pub bar: i32,
pub baz: u64
}
var context = NativeMethods.create_context();
// do anything...
NativeMethods.delete_context(context);
You can also pass memory allocated by C# to Rust (use fixed
or GCHandle.Alloc(Pinned)
). The important thing is that memory allocated in Rust must release in Rust and memory allocated in C# must release in C#.
If you want to pass a non FFI Safe struct reference, csbindgen generates empty C# struct.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn create_counter_context() -> *mut CounterContext {
let ctx = Box::new(CounterContext {
set: HashSet::new(),
});
Box::into_raw(ctx)
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn insert_counter_context(context: *mut CounterContext, value: i32) {
let mut counter = Box::from_raw(context);
counter.set.insert(value);
Box::into_raw(counter);
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn delete_counter_context(context: *mut CounterContext) {
let counter = Box::from_raw(context);
for value in counter.set.iter() {
println!("counter value: {}", value)
}
}
// no repr(C)
pub struct CounterContext {
pub set: HashSet<i32>,
}
// csbindgen generates this handler type
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal unsafe partial struct CounterContext
{
}
// You can hold pointer instance
CounterContext* ctx = NativeMethods.create_counter_context();
NativeMethods.insert_counter_context(ctx, 10);
NativeMethods.insert_counter_context(ctx, 20);
NativeMethods.delete_counter_context(ctx);
In this case, recommed to use with Grouping Extension Methods.
If you want to pass null-pointer, in rust side, convert to Option by as_ref()
.
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn null_pointer_test(p: *const u8) {
let ptr = unsafe { p.as_ref() };
match ptr {
Some(p2) => print!("pointer address: {}", *p2),
None => println!("null pointer!"),
};
}
// in C#, invoke by null.
NativeMethods.null_pointer_test(null);
Rust's String, Array(Vec) and C#'s String, Array is different thing. Since it cannot be shared, pass it with a pointer and handle it with slice(Span) or materialize it if necessary.
CString
is null-terminated string. It can send by *mut c_char
and received as byte*
in C#.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn alloc_c_string() -> *mut c_char {
let str = CString::new("foo bar baz").unwrap();
str.into_raw()
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn free_c_string(str: *mut c_char) {
unsafe { CString::from_raw(str) };
}
// null-terminated `byte*` or sbyte* can materialize by new String()
var cString = NativeMethods.alloc_c_string();
var str = new String((sbyte*)cString);
NativeMethods.free_c_string(cString);
Rust's String is UTF-8(Vec<u8>
) but C# String is UTF-16. Andalso, Vec<>
can not send to C# so require to convert pointer and control memory manually. Here is the buffer manager for FFI.
#[repr(C)]
pub struct ByteBuffer {
ptr: *mut u8,
length: i32,
capacity: i32,
}
impl ByteBuffer {
pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
self.length
.try_into()
.expect("buffer length negative or overflowed")
}
pub fn from_vec(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
let length = i32::try_from(bytes.len()).expect("buffer length cannot fit into a i32.");
let capacity =
i32::try_from(bytes.capacity()).expect("buffer capacity cannot fit into a i32.");
// keep memory until call delete
let mut v = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(bytes);
Self {
ptr: v.as_mut_ptr(),
length,
capacity,
}
}
pub fn from_vec_struct<T: Sized>(bytes: Vec<T>) -> Self {
let element_size = std::mem::size_of::<T>() as i32;
let length = (bytes.len() as i32) * element_size;
let capacity = (bytes.capacity() as i32) * element_size;
let mut v = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(bytes);
Self {
ptr: v.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
length,
capacity,
}
}
pub fn destroy_into_vec(self) -> Vec<u8> {
if self.ptr.is_null() {
vec![]
} else {
let capacity: usize = self
.capacity
.try_into()
.expect("buffer capacity negative or overflowed");
let length: usize = self
.length
.try_into()
.expect("buffer length negative or overflowed");
unsafe { Vec::from_raw_parts(self.ptr, length, capacity) }
}
}
pub fn destroy_into_vec_struct<T: Sized>(self) -> Vec<T> {
if self.ptr.is_null() {
vec![]
} else {
let element_size = std::mem::size_of::<T>() as i32;
let length = (self.length * element_size) as usize;
let capacity = (self.capacity * element_size) as usize;
unsafe { Vec::from_raw_parts(self.ptr as *mut T, length, capacity) }
}
}
pub fn destroy(self) {
drop(self.destroy_into_vec());
}
}
// C# side span utility
partial struct ByteBuffer
{
public unsafe Span<byte> AsSpan()
{
return new Span<byte>(ptr, length);
}
public unsafe Span<T> AsSpan<T>()
{
return MemoryMarshal.CreateSpan(ref Unsafe.AsRef<T>(ptr), length / Unsafe.SizeOf<T>());
}
}
With ByteBuffer
, you can send Vec<>
to C#. the pattern for String
, Vec<u8>
, Vec<i32>
, Rust -> C# is as follows.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn alloc_u8_string() -> *mut ByteBuffer {
let str = format!("foo bar baz");
let buf = ByteBuffer::from_vec(str.into_bytes());
Box::into_raw(Box::new(buf))
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn free_u8_string(buffer: *mut ByteBuffer) {
let buf = Box::from_raw(buffer);
// drop inner buffer, if you need String, use String::from_utf8_unchecked(buf.destroy_into_vec()) instead.
buf.destroy();
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn alloc_u8_buffer() -> *mut ByteBuffer {
let vec: Vec<u8> = vec![1, 10, 100];
let buf = ByteBuffer::from_vec(vec);
Box::into_raw(Box::new(buf))
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn free_u8_buffer(buffer: *mut ByteBuffer) {
let buf = Box::from_raw(buffer);
// drop inner buffer, if you need Vec<u8>, use buf.destroy_into_vec() instead.
buf.destroy();
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn alloc_i32_buffer() -> *mut ByteBuffer {
let vec: Vec<i32> = vec![1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000];
let buf = ByteBuffer::from_vec_struct(vec);
Box::into_raw(Box::new(buf))
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn free_i32_buffer(buffer: *mut ByteBuffer) {
let buf = Box::from_raw(buffer);
// drop inner buffer, if you need Vec<i32>, use buf.destroy_into_vec_struct::<i32>() instead.
buf.destroy();
}
var u8String = NativeMethods.alloc_u8_string();
var u8Buffer = NativeMethods.alloc_u8_buffer();
var i32Buffer = NativeMethods.alloc_i32_buffer();
try
{
var str = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(u8String->AsSpan());
Console.WriteLine(str);
Console.WriteLine("----");
var buffer = u8Buffer->AsSpan();
foreach (var item in buffer)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
Console.WriteLine("----");
var i32Span = i32Buffer->AsSpan<int>();
foreach (var item in i32Span)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
}
finally
{
NativeMethods.free_u8_string(u8String);
NativeMethods.free_u8_buffer(u8Buffer);
NativeMethods.free_i32_buffer(i32Buffer);
}
C# to Rust would be a bit simpler to send, just pass byte* and length. In Rust, use std::slice::from_raw_parts
to create slice.
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn csharp_to_rust_string(utf16_str: *const u16, utf16_len: i32) {
let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(utf16_str, utf16_len as usize);
let str = String::from_utf16(slice).unwrap();
println!("{}", str);
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn csharp_to_rust_utf8(utf8_str: *const u8, utf8_len: i32) {
let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(utf8_str, utf8_len as usize);
let str = String::from_utf8_unchecked(slice.to_vec());
println!("{}", str);
}
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn csharp_to_rust_bytes(bytes: *const u8, len: i32) {
let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(bytes, len as usize);
let vec = slice.to_vec();
println!("{:?}", vec);
}
var str = "foobarbaz:あいうえお"; // ENG:JPN(Unicode, testing for UTF16)
fixed (char* p = str)
{
NativeMethods.csharp_to_rust_string((ushort*)p, str.Length);
}
var str2 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("あいうえお:foobarbaz");
fixed (byte* p = str2)
{
NativeMethods.csharp_to_rust_utf8(p, str2.Length);
}
var bytes = new byte[] { 1, 10, 100, 255 };
fixed (byte* p = bytes)
{
NativeMethods.csharp_to_rust_bytes(p, bytes.Length);
}
Again, the important thing is that memory allocated in Rust must release in Rust and memory allocated in C# must release in C#.
csbindgen silently skips over any method with a non-generatable type. If you build with cargo build -vv
, you will get thse message if not geneated.
csbindgen can't handle this parameter type so ignore generate, method_name: {} parameter_name: {}
csbindgen can't handle this return type so ignore generate, method_name: {}
csbindgen doesn't handle C's variadic arguments, which causes undefined behaviors, because this feature is not stable both in C# and Rust.
There is a __arglist
keyword for C's variadic arguments in C#. __arglist
has many problems except Windows environment.
There is an issue about C's variadic arguments in Rust.
This library is licensed under the MIT License.