grpc/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/Slice.cs

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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;
using Grpc.Core.Utils;

namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Slice of native memory.
    /// Rough equivalent of grpc_slice (but doesn't support inlined slices, just a pointer to data and length)
    /// </summary>
    internal struct Slice
    {
        private readonly IntPtr dataPtr;
        private readonly int length;
     
        public Slice(IntPtr dataPtr, int length)
        {
            this.dataPtr = dataPtr;
            this.length = length;
        }

        public int Length => length;

        public Span<byte> ToSpanUnsafe()
        {
            unsafe
            {
                return new Span<byte>((byte*) dataPtr, length);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a <see cref="System.String"/> that represents the current <see cref="Grpc.Core.Internal.Slice"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return string.Format("[Slice: dataPtr={0}, length={1}]", dataPtr, length);
        }
    }
}