Class PointerIndirectionExpr

A pointer indirection operation, for example *pn on line 7, pa->M() on line 13, and cp[1] on line 18 in

struct A {
  public void M() { }

  unsafe int DirectDereference() {
    int n = 10;
    int *pn = &n;
    return *pn;
  }

  unsafe void MemberDereference() {
    A a = new A();
    A *pa = &a;
    pa->M();
  }

  unsafe void ArrayDereference() {
    char* cp = stackalloc char[10];
    cp[1] = 'a';
  }
}

There are three syntactic forms of indirection through a pointer:

Line 7: A direct dereference, *pn.
Line 13: A dereference and member access, pa->M().
Line 18: An array-like dereference, cp[1] (this is actually computed as *(cp + 1)).

Import path

import csharp

Direct supertypes

Indirect supertypes

Predicates

getAPrimaryQlClass	Gets the name of a primary CodeQL class to which this element belongs.
getOperator	Gets the name of the operator in this operation.

Inherited predicates

controlsBlock	Holds if basic block `controlled` is controlled by this control flow element with conditional value `s`. That is, `controlled` can only be reached from the callable entry point by going via the `s` edge out of some basic block ending with this element.	from ControlFlowElement
fromLibrary	Holds if this element is from an assembly.	from Element
fromSource	Holds if this element is from source code.	from Element
getAChild	Gets a child of this element, if any.	from Element
getAChildExpr	Gets a child expression of this element, if any.	from ExprOrStmtParent
getAChildStmt	Gets a child statement of this element, if any.	from ExprOrStmtParent
getAControlFlowEntryNode	Gets a first control flow node executed within this element.	from ControlFlowElement
getAControlFlowExitNode	Gets a potential last control flow node executed within this element.	from ControlFlowElement
getAControlFlowNode	Gets a control flow node for this element. That is, a node in the control flow graph that corresponds to this element.	from ControlFlowElement
getALocation	Gets a location of this element, including sources and assemblies.	from Expr
getAReachableElement	Gets an element that is reachable from this element.	from ControlFlowElement
getAnOperand	Gets an operand of this operation.	from Operation
getAnnotatedType	Gets the annotated type of this expression.	from Expr
getAssembly	Gets the assembly that this element was compiled into.	from ControlFlowElement
getChild	Gets the `i`th child of this element (zero-based).	from ExprOrStmtParent
getChildExpr	Gets the `i`th child expression of this element (zero-based).	from ExprOrStmtParent
getChildStmt	Gets the `i`th child statement of this element (zero-based).	from ExprOrStmtParent
getEnclosingCallable	Gets the enclosing callable of this expression, if any.	from Expr
getEnclosingStmt	Gets the enclosing statement of this expression, if any.	from Expr
getExplicitArgumentName	Gets the explicit parameter name used to pass this expression as an argument for, if any. For example, if this expression is `0` in `M(second: 1, first: 0)` then the result is `"first"`.	from Expr
getFile	Gets the file containing this element.	from Element
getIndex	Gets the index of this element among its parent’s other children (zero-based).	from Element
getLocation	Gets the location of this element. Where an element has locations in source and assemblies, choose the source location. If there are multiple assembly locations, choose only one.	from Element
getNumberOfChildren	Gets the number of children of this element.	from Element
getOperand	Gets the operand of this unary operation.	from UnaryOperation
getParent	Gets the parent of this expression. This is for example the element that uses the result of this expression.	from Expr
getPrimaryQlClasses	Gets a comma-separated list of the names of the primary CodeQL classes to which this element belongs.	from Element
getType	Gets the type of this expression.	from Expr
getValue	Gets the value of this expression, if any	from Expr
hasMaybeNullFlowState	Holds if the nullable flow state of this expression may be null.	from Expr
hasNotNullFlowState	Holds if the nullable flow state of this expression is not null.	from Expr
hasValue	Holds if this expression has a value.	from Expr
isImplicit	Holds if this expression is generated by the compiler and does not appear explicitly in the source code.	from Expr
isLive	Holds if this element is live, that is this element can be reached from the entry point of its enclosing callable.	from ControlFlowElement
reachableFrom	Holds if the current element is reachable from `src`.	from ControlFlowElement
stripCasts	Gets an expression that is the result of stripping (recursively) all implicit and explicit casts from this expression, if any. For example, the result is `reader` if this expression is either `(IDisposable)reader` or `reader as IDisposable`.	from Expr
stripImplicit	Gets an expression that is the result of stripping (recursively) all implicit casts and implicit ToString calls from this expression, if any.	from Expr
stripImplicitCasts	DEPRECATED: Use `stripImplicit` instead.	from Expr
toString	Gets a textual representation of this element.	from UnaryOperation
toStringWithTypes	Gets the full textual representation of this element, including type information.	from Element