def _get_elements_raw(self, num_elements):
"""Returns a flat list or ndarray containing ALL elements in
the safearray."""
from comtypes.automation import VARIANT
# XXX Not sure this is true:
# For VT_UNKNOWN and VT_DISPATCH, we should retrieve the
# interface iid by SafeArrayGetIID().
ptr = POINTER(self._itemtype_)() # container for the values
_safearray.SafeArrayAccessData(self, byref(ptr))
try:
if self._itemtype_ == VARIANT:
# We have to loop over each item, so we get no
# speedup by creating an ndarray here.
return [i.value for i in ptr[:num_elements]]
elif issubclass(self._itemtype_, POINTER(IUnknown)):
iid = _safearray.SafeArrayGetIID(self)
itf = com_interface_registry[str(iid)]
# COM interface pointers retrieved from array
# must be AddRef()'d if non-NULL.
elems = ptr[:num_elements]
result = []
# We have to loop over each item, so we get no
# speedup by creating an ndarray here.
for p in elems:
if bool(p):
p.AddRef()
result.append(p.QueryInterface(itf))
else:
# return a NULL-interface pointer.
result.append(POINTER(itf)())
return result
else:
# If the safearray element are NOT native python
# objects, the containing safearray must be kept
# alive until all the elements are destroyed.
if not issubclass(self._itemtype_, Structure):
# Create an ndarray if requested. This is where
# we can get the most speed-up.
# XXX Only try to convert types known to
# numpy.ctypeslib.
if (safearray_as_ndarray and self._itemtype_ in
numpy.ctypeslib._typecodes.values()):
arr = numpy.ctypeslib.as_array(ptr,
(num_elements,))
return arr.copy()
return ptr[:num_elements]
def keep_safearray(v):
# Simply keeping a reference to self does not keep the
# internal addresses of BSTR safe and strings will be
# overwritten. A copy of the bytes solves the problem
v1 = v.__class__()
memmove(byref(v1), byref(v), sizeof(v))
return v1
return [keep_safearray(x) for x in ptr[:num_elements]]
finally:
_safearray.SafeArrayUnaccessData(self)
def _get_elements_raw(self, num_elements):
"""Returns a flat list containing ALL elements in the safearray."""
from comtypes.automation import VARIANT
# XXX Not sure this is true:
# For VT_UNKNOWN and VT_DISPATCH, we should retrieve the
# interface iid by SafeArrayGetIID().
ptr = POINTER(self._itemtype_)() # container for the values
_safearray.SafeArrayAccessData(self, byref(ptr))
try:
if self._itemtype_ == VARIANT:
return [i.value for i in ptr[:num_elements]]
elif issubclass(self._itemtype_, POINTER(IUnknown)):
iid = _safearray.SafeArrayGetIID(self)
itf = com_interface_registry[str(iid)]
# COM interface pointers retrieved from array
# must be AddRef()'d if non-NULL.
elems = ptr[:num_elements]
result = []
for p in elems:
if bool(p):
p.AddRef()
result.append(p.QueryInterface(itf))
else:
# return a NULL-interface pointer.
result.append(POINTER(itf)())
return result
else:
# If the safearray element are NOT native python
# objects, the containing safearray must be kept
# alive until all the elements are destroyed.
if not issubclass(self._itemtype_, Structure):
# Creating and returning numpy arrays instead
# of Python tuple from a safearray is a lot faster,
# but only for large arrays because of a certain overhead.
# Also, for backwards compatibility, some clients expect
# a Python tuple - so there should be a way to select
# what should be returned. How could that work?
## # A hack which would return numpy arrays
## # instead of Python lists. To be effective,
## # the result must not converted into a tuple
## # in the caller so there must be changes as
## # well!
##
## # Crude hack to create and attach an
## # __array_interface__ property to the
## # pointer instance
## array_type = ptr._type_ * num_elements
## if not hasattr(array_type, "__array_interface__"):
## import numpy.ctypeslib
## numpy.ctypeslib.prep_array(array_type)
## # use the array_type's __array_interface__, ...
## aif = array_type.__array_interface__.__get__(ptr)
## # overwrite the 'data' member so that it points to the
## # address we want to use
## aif["data"] = (cast(ptr, c_void_p).value, False)
## ptr.__array_interface__ = aif
## return numpy.array(ptr, copy=True)
return ptr[:num_elements]
def keep_safearray(v):
v.__keepref = self
return v
return [keep_safearray(x) for x in ptr[:num_elements]]
finally:
_safearray.SafeArrayUnaccessData(self)