C++/CLI object casting

Question

sort of new in CLI and wrapper making and got a question about pointers and object casting.

Header of my native code:

class Telegram : public Message
{
  public:
     Telegram(const Telegram& tele);
     int variablesX;
     int variablesY;
}

Source of the native code:

Telegram::Telegram(const Telegram& tele) : Message(tele.lenght)
{
   variablesX = tele.variablesX;
   variablesY = tele.variablesY;
}

And the trying to get into managed code: header:

   public ref class TelegramWrapper : public MessageWrapper
    {
       public:
        TelegramWrapper(eoTelegramWrapper^ tel):
       private:
        Telegram *myTelegram;
    }

source:

TelegramWrapper::TelegramWrapper(TelegramWrapper^ tel) : MessageWrapper(tel->lenght)
{
   myTelegram = new Telegram(reinterpreter_cast<Telegram%>(tel));
}

Can compile, no error just in the C# application cannot use because i receive the error: 'TelegramWrapper telegram' is not supported by the language. I have tried safe_cast too but because of the pointer differencies it is not possible. How could type casting the TelegramWrapper object into Telegram? Thanks for the answers in advance!

Answer 1

I'm not all familiar with C++/CLI, but if you're trying to make a wrapper then you should wrap instead of cast (unless I'm missing something obvious).

public ref class TelegramWrapper : public MessageWrapper
{
    public:
        TelegramWrapper(TelegramWrapper^ tel);
        TelegramWrapper(const &Telegram tel);
    private:
        Telegram *myTelegram;

    property int MyVariablesX {
        public: int get { return myTelegram->someVariablesX; }
        public: void set(int value) { myTelegram->someVariablesX = value; }
    }

    property int MyVariablesY {
        public: int get { return myTelegram->someVariablesY; }
        public: void set(int value) { myTelegram->someVariablesY = value; }
    }
};

TelegramWrapper::TelegramWrapper(TelegramWrapper^ tel) : MessageWrapper(tel->Lenght)
{
    myTelegram = tel->myTelegram;
}

TelegramWrapper::TelegramWrapper(const &Telegram tel) : MessageWrapper(tel.lenght)
{
    myTelegram = tel;
}