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ICorDebugDataTarget Interface

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Provides a callback interface that provides access to a particular target process.

Methods

Method Description
GetPlatform Method Provides information about the platform, including processor architecture and operating system, on which the target process is running.
ReadVirtual Method Gets a block of contiguous memory starting at the specified address, and returns it in the supplied buffer.
GetThreadContext Method Requests the current thread context for the specified thread.

Remarks

ICorDebugDataTarget and its methods have the following characteristics:

  • The debugging services call methods on this interface to access memory and other data in the target process.

  • The debugger client must implement this interface as appropriate for the particular target (for example, a live process or a memory dump).

  • The ICorDebugDataTarget methods can be invoked only from within methods implemented in other ICorDebug* interfaces. This ensures that the debugger client has control over which thread it is invoked on, and when.

  • The ICorDebugDataTarget implementation must always return up-to-date information about the target.

The target process should be stopped and not changed in any way while ICorDebug* interfaces (and therefore ICorDebugDataTarget methods) are being called. If the target is a live process and its state changes, the ICLRDebugging::OpenVirtualProcess method has to be called again to provide a replacement ICorDebugProcess instance.

Note

This interface does not support being called remotely, either cross-machine or cross-process.

Requirements

Platforms: See System Requirements.

Header: CorDebug.idl, CorDebug.h

Library: CorGuids.lib

.NET Framework Versions: Available since 4

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