// GLib.Argv.cs : Argv marshaling class
//
// Author: Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
//
// Copyright (c) 2004 Novell, Inc.
//
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namespace Gst.GLib {

	using System;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
	
	public class Argv {

		IntPtr[] arg_ptrs;
		IntPtr handle;
		bool add_progname = false;

		[DllImport("libglib-2.0-0.dll")]
		static extern IntPtr g_malloc(IntPtr size);

		[DllImport("libglib-2.0-0.dll")]
		static extern void g_free (IntPtr mem);

		~Argv ()
		{
			foreach (IntPtr arg in arg_ptrs)
				g_free (arg);

			g_free (handle);
		}
				
		public Argv (string[] args) : this (args, false) {}
		
		public Argv (string[] args, bool add_program_name)
		{
			add_progname = add_program_name;
			if (add_progname) {
				string[] full = new string [args.Length + 1];
				full [0] = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs ()[0];
				args.CopyTo (full, 1);
				args = full;
			}

			arg_ptrs = new IntPtr [args.Length];

			for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
				arg_ptrs [i] = Marshaller.StringToPtrGStrdup (args[i]);
				
			handle = g_malloc (new IntPtr (IntPtr.Size * args.Length));

			for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
				Marshal.WriteIntPtr (handle, i * IntPtr.Size, arg_ptrs [i]);
		}

		public IntPtr Handle {
			get {
				return handle;
			}
		}

		public string[] GetArgs (int argc)
		{
			int count = add_progname ? argc - 1 : argc;
			int idx = add_progname ? 1 : 0;
			string[] result = new string [count];

			for (int i = 0; i < count; i++, idx++) 
				result [i] = Marshaller.Utf8PtrToString (Marshal.ReadIntPtr (handle, idx * IntPtr.Size));

			return result;
		}
	}
}