OpCodes.Ldftn Field

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Pushes an unmanaged pointer (type native int) to the native code implementing a specific method onto the evaluation stack.

Namespace:  System.Reflection.Emit
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Ldftn As OpCode
public static readonly OpCode Ldftn

Remarks

The following table lists the instruction's hexadecimal and Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) assembly format, along with a brief reference summary:

Format

Assembly Format

Description

FE 06 < T >

ldftn method

Pushes a pointer to a method referenced by method on the stack.

The stack transitional behavior, in sequential order, is:

  1. The unmanaged pointer to a specific method is pushed onto the stack.

The specific method (method) can be called using the Calli instruction if it references a managed method (or a stub that transitions from managed to unmanaged code).

The value returned points to native code using the calling convention specified by the method metadata token. Thus, a method pointer can be easily passed to unmanaged native code (specifically, as a callback routine).

The following Emit method overload can use the ldftn opcode:

  • ILGenerator.Emit(OpCode, MethodInfo)

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

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