This project provides an alternative entry point for marshaling C++/CLI types to C++ types and the other way around. It specifically adds support for marshaling STL and CLR collections, such as std::vector and System::Collections::Generic::Dictionary. Nested collections are also supported (e.g. std::map<std::string, std::vector<int>>).

This is a header-only library. You need the marshal_fx.h and marshal_fx_details.h header files to use the library. The rest of the code are tests and cruft required by the Visual Studio project system.

Usage examples (also see the unit tests for more examples):

#include "marshal_fx.h"

auto num = marshal_fx::marshal_as<int>(42); // useless but supported
auto str = marshal_fx::marshal_as<std::string>(gcnew System::String("string"));

namespace SCG = System::Collections::Generic;

auto list = marshal_fx::marshal_as<SCG::List<int>^>(std::vector<int>{ 1, 2, 3 });
auto vect = marshal_fx::marshal_as<std::vector<int>>(list);

auto dictionary = marshal_fx::marshal_as<SCG::Dictionary<System::String^, int>^>(
	std::map<std::string, int>{ { "first", 1 }, { "second", 2 } }
);

To extend the library such that it works with your own custom types, DO NOT specialize the marshal_fx::marshal_as method. Instead, specialize the msclr::interop::marshal_as method, as per Microsoft instructions. Then, marshal_fx::marshal_as will pick up your customization and use it.