Cast native pointer to a C++\CLI managed object reference?

Question

I have a callback that is called through a delegate. Inside it I will need to treat the buffer data that arrive from a record procedure. Normally in a unmanaged context I could do a reinterpret_cast on dwParam1 to get the object reference. But in a manged context how can I cast a DWORD_PTR to a managed object ref?

    static void WaveInProc(HWAVEIN hwi, UINT uMsg, DWORD_PTR dwInstance, DWORD_PTR dwParam1, DWORD_PTR dwParam2) 
    {
        ControlLib::SoundDevice^ soudDevice = ?cast_native2managed?(dwParam1);

Answer 1

Here ya go, more or less what gcroot (per my comment above) does:

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

// track an object by a normal (not pinned) handle, encoded in a DWORD_PTR
DWORD_PTR ParamFromObject(Object^ obj)
{
    return reinterpret_cast<DWORD_PTR>(GCHandle::ToIntPtr(GCHandle::Alloc(obj)).ToPointer());
}

static void WaveInProc(PVOID hwi, UINT uMsg, DWORD_PTR dwInstance, DWORD_PTR dwParam1, DWORD_PTR dwParam2) 
{
    // unwrap the encoded handle...
    GCHandle h = GCHandle::FromIntPtr(IntPtr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(dwParam1)));
    try
    {
        // and cast your object back out
        SoundDevice^ x = safe_cast<SoundDevice^>(h.Target);
    }
    finally
    {
        // remember to free the handle when you're done, otherwise your object will never be collected
        GCHandle::Free(h);
    }
}