// Note: you must compile this sample using the unsafe flag.
// From the command line, type the following: csc sample.cs /unsafe

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

unsafe class TestWriter
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Create some data to read and write.
        byte[] message = UnicodeEncoding.Unicode.GetBytes("Here is some data.");

        // Allocate a block of unmanaged memory and return an IntPtr object.	
        IntPtr memIntPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(message.Length);

        // Get a byte pointer from the IntPtr object.
        byte* memBytePtr = (byte*)memIntPtr.ToPointer();

        // Create an UnmanagedMemoryStream object using a pointer to unmanaged memory.
        UnmanagedMemoryStream writeStream = new UnmanagedMemoryStream(memBytePtr, message.Length, message.Length, FileAccess.Write);

        // Write the data.
        writeStream.Write(message, 0, message.Length);

        // Close the stream.
        writeStream.Close();

        // Create another UnmanagedMemoryStream object using a pointer to unmanaged memory.
        UnmanagedMemoryStream readStream = new UnmanagedMemoryStream(memBytePtr, message.Length, message.Length, FileAccess.Read);

        // Create a byte array to hold data from unmanaged memory.
        byte[] outMessage = new byte[message.Length];

        // Read from unmanaged memory to the byte array.
        readStream.Read(outMessage, 0, message.Length);

        // Close the stream.
        readStream.Close();

        // Display the data to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(UnicodeEncoding.Unicode.GetString(outMessage));

        // Free the block of unmanaged memory.
        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(memIntPtr);

        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}