Types

Types are managed data in the Max Library Machine. You can add types to your MaxObjects so they can be managed by Max. All types contained natively in Max are public.

Provided Types

The following types are provided natively by Max Library Machine:

• bool
• byte
• sbyte
• short
• ushort
• int
• uint
• long
• ulong
• float
• double
• char

You can define your own datatypes by implementing the IDataType interface.

Interface

All types implement the IDataType. This interface provides the following properties and methods:

• DataPointer - IntPtr pointing to the data in memory.
• Length - Length of the data in elements.
• DataLength - Length as a ulong.
• Alignment - Alignment of the data.
• InstanceCreate() - Returns a new instance of this datatype.
• SetData() - Sets the data pointer and length of this instance the same as another datatype instance.

Max Library Machine scans for all classes that implement MaxObject on initialization, and any property given the MaxProperty attribute whose class implements IDataType will automatically configure its properties with Max Environment when an instance is constructed, as long as the inheriting class calls the default MaxObject constructor.

Arrays

Arrays are special kinds of data types that inherit the abstract class Array and use indexers to access multiple elements.

You can read more about arrays here.