Feature: Dereference to Pointer

Author: Sewer56

Source/Reloaded.Memory.Tests/Memory/Pointers/RefPointer.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ public unsafe void TryDereferenceAlternateSyntax()
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public unsafe void TryDereferenceRawPointer()
+        {
+            int number = 1;
+            int* numberPtr = &number;
+            int** numberPtrPtr = &numberPtr;
+
+            var refPointer = new Reloaded.Memory.Pointers.RefPointer<int>((int*)numberPtrPtr, 2);
+            for (int x = 0; x < 100; x++)
+            {
+                bool success = refPointer.TryDereference(out int* value);
+                *value = x;
+                Assert.True(success);
+                Assert.Equal(number, *value);
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public unsafe void ReadMultiLevelPointer()
         {

Source/Reloaded.Memory/Memory/Pointers/RefPointer.cs

@@ -52,6 +52,30 @@ public bool TryDereference(ref TStruct value)
             return true;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Attempts to dereference the pointer, returning the innermost pointer as a pointer.
+        /// If at any point along the way, the pointed to address is null, the method fails.
+        /// </summary>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public bool TryDereference(out TStruct* value)
+        {
+            TStruct* currentAddress = Address;
+            value = (TStruct*) 0;
+
+            if (currentAddress == (TStruct*)0)
+                return false;
+
+            for (int x = 0; x < DepthLevel - 1; x++)
+            {
+                currentAddress = *(TStruct**)(currentAddress);
+                if (currentAddress == (TStruct*)0)
+                    return false;
+            }
+
+            value = currentAddress;
+            return true;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Attempts to dereference the pointer, returning the innermost pointer level as a ref type.
         /// If at any point along the way, the pointed to address is null, the method fails.

Source/Reloaded.Memory/Reloaded.Memory.csproj

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <RepositoryUrl></RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType></RepositoryType>
     <Description>A fully featured C# memory editing library supporting reading/writing primitive or generic struct types in either current or an external process.</Description>
-    <Version>2.2.0</Version>
+    <Version>2.3.0</Version>
     <Authors>Sewer56</Authors>
     <Company />
     <Product>Project Reloaded</Product>