IDebugMemoryContext2

This interface represents a position in the address space of the machine running the program being debugged.

IDebugMemoryContext2 : IUnknown

Notes for Implementers

The debug engine (DE) implements this interface to represent an address in memory.

A call to IDebugProperty2::GetMemoryContext or IDebugReference2::GetMemoryContext returns this interface. Also, calls to IDebugMemoryContext2::Add and IDebugMemoryContext2::Subtract return new copies of this interface after the appropriate arithmetic operation has been applied.

The following table shows the methods of IDebugMemoryContext2.

Method	Description
IDebugMemoryContext2::GetName	Gets the user-displayable name for this context.
IDebugMemoryContext2::GetInfo	Gets information that describes this context.
IDebugMemoryContext2::Add	Adds a specified value to the current context's address to create a new context.
IDebugMemoryContext2::Subtract	Subtracts a specified value from the current context's address to create a new context.
IDebugMemoryContext2::Compare	Compares two contexts in the manner indicated by compare flags.

Visual Studio's Memory window calls IDebugProperty2::GetMemoryContext to obtain the IDebugMemoryContext2 interface that contains the evaluated expression used for the memory address. This context is then passed to IDebugMemoryBytes2::ReadAt and IDebugMemoryBytes2::WriteAt to specify the address to read or write.

Header: msdbg.h

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop

Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop.dll