[Firebird-net-provider] Question about IFbClient purpose
Jiri, could you clarify what is a purpose of separate IFbClient interface and about using native calls through instance instead of organizing P/Invokes as static NativeMethods class? -- ___ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Question about IFbClient purpose
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 19:12, Геннадий Забула wrote: > Jiri, could you clarify what is a purpose of separate IFbClient > interface and about using native calls through instance instead of > organizing P/Invokes as static NativeMethods class? It's used because for P/Invoke calls to fbembed are emitted on the fly. And that's because you can't have DllImport attribute with non-constant string which is needed to ClientLibrary support in connection string. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist -- ___ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Question about IFbClient purpose
I got it. It is support of dynamic client library name specified in connection string. Do you mind if I submit PR with comments about it? -Original Message- From: "Jiří Činčura" <j...@cincura.net> Sent: 10/14/2015 8:18 PM To: "firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net" <firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Question about IFbClient purpose On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 19:12, Геннадий Забула wrote: > Jiri, could you clarify what is a purpose of separate IFbClient > interface and about using native calls through instance instead of > organizing P/Invokes as static NativeMethods class? It's used because for P/Invoke calls to fbembed are emitted on the fly. And that's because you can't have DllImport attribute with non-constant string which is needed to ClientLibrary support in connection string. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist -- ___ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider -- ___ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Question about IFbClient purpose
Knock youself out. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist On Thu, Oct 15, 2015, at 06:02, Геннадий Забула wrote: > I got it. It is support of dynamic client library name specified in > connection string. Do you mind if I submit PR with comments about it? > > -Original Message- > From: "Jiří Činčura" <j...@cincura.net> > Sent: 10/14/2015 8:18 PM > To: "firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net" > <firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Question about IFbClient purpose > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 19:12, Геннадий Забула wrote: > > Jiri, could you clarify what is a purpose of separate IFbClient > > interface and about using native calls through instance instead of > > organizing P/Invokes as static NativeMethods class? > > It's used because for P/Invoke calls to fbembed are emitted on the fly. > And that's because you can't have DllImport attribute with non-constant > string which is needed to ClientLibrary support in connection string. > > -- > Mgr. Jiří Činčura > Independent IT Specialist > > -- > ___ > Firebird-net-provider mailing list > Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider > -- > ___ > Firebird-net-provider mailing list > Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider -- ___ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
