Automatically dispose COM and WinRT objects with NativeFinalizer

doc/com.md

@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ final fileDialog2 = IFileDialog2(
 ```
 
 `createFromID` returns a `Pointer<COMObject>` containing the requested object,
-which can then be cast into the appropriate interface as shown above. It is the
-caller's responsibility to free the returned pointer when all interfaces that
-derive from it are released.
+which can then be cast into the appropriate interface as shown above.
 
 ### Asking a COM object for an interface
 
@@ -60,14 +58,18 @@ documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/learnwin32/asking-
 COM interfaces supply a method that wraps `queryInterface`. If you
 have an existing COM object, you can call it as follows:
 
+```dart
+  final modalWindow = IModalWindow(fileDialog2.toInterface(IID_IModalWindow));
+```
+
+or, you can use the `from` constructor that wraps the `toInterface` for you:
+
 ```dart
   final modalWindow = IModalWindow.from(fileDialog2);
 ```
 
 Where `createFromID` creates a new COM object, `toInterface` casts an existing
-COM object to a new interface. As with `createFromID`, it is the caller's
-responsibility to free the returned pointer when all interfaces that derive from
-it are released.
+COM object to a new interface.
 
 Attempting to cast a COM object to an interface it does not support will fail,
 of course. A `WindowsException` will be thrown with an hr of `E_NOINTERFACE`.
@@ -102,7 +104,6 @@ When you have finished using a COM interface, you should release it with the `re
 
 ```dart
 fileOpenDialog.release(); // Release the interface
-free(fileOpenDialog.ptr); // Release the pointer to the interface
 ```
 
 Often this will be called as part of a `try` / `finally` block, to guarantee

example/calendar.dart

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ void main() {
     final dateTime = calendar.getDateTime();
     print(dateTime);
 
-    free(calendar.ptr);
-    free(clonedCalendar.ptr);
+    clonedCalendar.release();
+    calendar.release();
   } finally {
     winrtUninitialize();
   }

example/com_demo.dart

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import 'package:win32/win32.dart';
 
 /// Return the current reference count.
 int refCount(IUnknown unk) {
-  // Call AddRef() and Release(), which are inherited from IUnknown. Both return
+  // Call addRef() and release(), which are inherited from IUnknown. Both return
   // the refcount after the operation, so by adding a reference and immediately
   // removing it, we can get the original refcount.
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ void main() {
   print('refCount is now ${refCount(modalWindow)}\n');
 
   fileDialog2.release();
-  free(fileDialog2.ptr);
   print('Release fileDialog2.\n'
       'refCount is now ${refCount(modalWindow)}\n');
 
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ void main() {
   print('refCount is now ${refCount(fileOpenDialog)}\n');
 
   modalWindow.release();
-  free(modalWindow.ptr);
   print('Release modalWindow.\n'
       'refCount is now ${refCount(fileOpenDialog)}\n');
 
@@ -79,10 +77,9 @@ void main() {
   }
 
   fileOpenDialog.release();
-  free(fileOpenDialog.ptr);
   print('Released fileOpenDialog.');
 
-  free(fileDialog.ptr);
+  fileDialog.release();
   print('Released fileDialog.');
 
   // Uninitialize COM now that we're done with it.

example/knownfolder.dart

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // Demonstrates usage of various shell APIs to retrieve known folder locations
 
 import 'dart:ffi';
+
 import 'package:ffi/ffi.dart';
 import 'package:win32/win32.dart';
 
@@ -81,23 +82,21 @@ String getDesktopPath3() {
   try {
     final knownFolderManager = KnownFolderManager.createInstance();
     var hr = knownFolderManager.getFolder(appsFolder, ppkf.cast());
-    if (FAILED(hr)) {
-      throw WindowsException(hr);
-    }
+    if (FAILED(hr)) throw WindowsException(hr);
 
     final knownFolder = IKnownFolder(ppkf);
     hr = knownFolder.getPath(0, ppszPath);
-    if (FAILED(hr)) {
-      throw WindowsException(hr);
-    }
+    if (FAILED(hr)) throw WindowsException(hr);
+
+    knownFolder.release();
+    knownFolderManager.release();
 
     final path = ppszPath.value.toDartString();
-    CoUninitialize();
     return path;
   } finally {
     free(appsFolder);
-    free(ppkf);
     free(ppszPath);
+    CoUninitialize();
   }
 }
 

example/network.dart

@@ -12,22 +12,16 @@ import 'package:win32/win32.dart';
 void main() {
   // Initialize COM
   var hr = CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
-  if (FAILED(hr)) {
-    throw WindowsException(hr);
-  }
+  if (FAILED(hr)) throw WindowsException(hr);
 
   final netManager = NetworkListManager.createInstance();
   final nlmConnectivity = calloc<Int32>();
-  final enumPtr = calloc<COMObject>();
-  final netPtr = calloc<COMObject>();
   final descPtr = calloc<Pointer<Utf16>>();
   final elements = calloc<Uint32>();
 
   try {
     hr = netManager.getConnectivity(nlmConnectivity);
-    if (FAILED(hr)) {
-      throw WindowsException(hr);
-    }
+    if (FAILED(hr)) throw WindowsException(hr);
 
     final connectivity = nlmConnectivity.value;
     var isInternetConnected = false;
@@ -49,14 +43,14 @@ void main() {
       print('Not connected to the Internet.');
     }
 
+    final enumPtr = calloc<COMObject>();
     hr = netManager.getNetworks(
         NLM_ENUM_NETWORK.NLM_ENUM_NETWORK_ALL, enumPtr.cast());
-    if (FAILED(hr)) {
-      throw WindowsException(hr);
-    }
+    if (FAILED(hr)) throw WindowsException(hr);
 
     print('\nNetworks (connected and disconnected) on this machine:');
     final enumerator = IEnumNetworkConnections(enumPtr);
+    var netPtr = calloc<COMObject>();
     hr = enumerator.next(1, netPtr.cast(), elements);
     while (elements.value == 1) {
       final network = INetwork(netPtr);
@@ -68,15 +62,15 @@ void main() {
             '$networkName: ${isNetworkConnected ? 'connected' : 'disconnected'}');
       }
 
+      network.release();
+      netPtr = calloc<COMObject>();
       hr = enumerator.next(1, netPtr.cast(), elements);
     }
   } finally {
     free(elements);
-    free(netPtr);
-    free(enumPtr);
     free(descPtr);
     free(nlmConnectivity);
-    free(netManager.ptr);
+    netManager.release();
 
     CoUninitialize();
   }

example/shortcut.dart

@@ -17,26 +17,20 @@ void createShortcut(String path, String pathLink, String? description) {
   final lpPath = path.toNativeUtf16();
   final lpPathLink = pathLink.toNativeUtf16();
   final lpDescription = description?.toNativeUtf16() ?? nullptr;
-  final ptrIID_IPersistFile = convertToCLSID(IID_IPersistFile);
-  final ppf = calloc<COMObject>();
 
   try {
     shellLink.setPath(lpPath);
     if (description != null) shellLink.setDescription(lpDescription);
 
-    final hr = shellLink.queryInterface(ptrIID_IPersistFile, ppf.cast());
-    if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
-      IPersistFile(ppf)
-        ..save(lpPathLink, TRUE)
-        ..release();
-    }
+    final persistFile = IPersistFile.from(shellLink);
     shellLink.release();
+    persistFile
+      ..save(lpPathLink, TRUE)
+      ..release();
   } finally {
     free(lpPath);
     free(lpPathLink);
     if (lpDescription != nullptr) free(lpDescription);
-    free(ptrIID_IPersistFile);
-    free(ppf);
   }
 }
 

example/speech.dart

@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ const textToSpeak =
 
 void main() {
   CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
+
   final speechEngine = SpVoice.createInstance();
   final pText = textToSpeak.toNativeUtf16();
   speechEngine.speak(pText, SPEAKFLAGS.SPF_IS_NOT_XML, nullptr);
+
   free(pText);
+  speechEngine.release();
+
   CoUninitialize();
 }

example/wasapi.dart

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ void main() {
       0, // role: system notification sound
       ppDevice));
   pDeviceEnumerator.release();
-  free(pDeviceEnumerator.ptr);
 
   // Activate an IAudioClient interface for the output device.
   final pDevice = IMMDevice(ppDevice.cast());
@@ -164,13 +163,10 @@ void main() {
   free(pData);
 
   pDevice.release();
-  free(ppDevice);
 
   pAudioClient.release();
-  free(ppAudioClient);
 
   pAudioRenderClient.release();
-  free(ppAudioRenderClient);
 
   free(ppFormat);
 

example/winrt_picker.dart

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void main() async {
   print('Vector has ${filters.size} elements.');
 
   free(pIndex);
-  free(filters.ptr);
+  filters.release();
+  picker.release();
   winrtUninitialize();
 }

example/wmi_perf.dart

@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ void main() {
 
   using((Arena arena) {
     final pLoc = WbemLocator.createInstance();
-    final ppNamespace = arena<Pointer<COMObject>>();
+    final ppNamespace = calloc<Pointer<COMObject>>();
 
     connectWMI(pLoc, ppNamespace);
 
     final refresher = WbemRefresher.createInstance();
     final pConfig = IWbemConfigureRefresher.from(refresher);
-    final ppRefreshable = arena<Pointer<COMObject>>();
+    final ppRefreshable = calloc<Pointer<COMObject>>();
 
     final pszQuery =
         'Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_Process.Name="$processToMonitor"'
@@ -111,10 +111,8 @@ void main() {
 
     refresher.release();
     pConfig.release();
-    free(refresher.ptr);
 
     pLoc.release();
-    free(pLoc.ptr);
 
     CoUninitialize();
   });

lib/src/com/iunknown.dart

@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 // iunknown.dart
 
-// THIS FILE IS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY AND SHOULD NOT BE EDITED DIRECTLY.
-
-// ignore_for_file: unused_import
 // ignore_for_file: constant_identifier_names, non_constant_identifier_names
-// ignore_for_file: no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
 
 import 'dart:ffi';
 
 import 'package:ffi/ffi.dart';
 
-import '../callbacks.dart';
 import '../combase.dart';
-import '../constants.dart';
 import '../exceptions.dart';
 import '../guid.dart';
 import '../macros.dart';
-import '../structs.g.dart';
 import '../utils.dart';
-import '../variant.dart';
-import '../win32/ole32.g.dart';
 
 /// @nodoc
 const IID_IUnknown = '{00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}';
@@ -33,15 +24,28 @@ const IID_IUnknown = '{00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}';
 ///
 /// {@category Interface}
 /// {@category com}
-class IUnknown {
+class IUnknown implements Finalizable {
   // vtable begins at 0, is 3 entries long.
   Pointer<COMObject> ptr;
 
-  IUnknown(this.ptr);
+  IUnknown(this.ptr) {
+    _finalizer.attach(this, ptr.cast(),
+        detach: this, externalSize: sizeOf<IntPtr>());
+  }
+
+  static final _ole32Lib = DynamicLibrary.open('ole32.dll');
+  static final _winCoTaskMemFree = _ole32Lib
+      .lookup<NativeFunction<Void Function(Pointer pv)>>('CoTaskMemFree');
+  static final _finalizer = NativeFinalizer(_winCoTaskMemFree.cast());
 
   factory IUnknown.from(IUnknown interface) =>
       IUnknown(interface.toInterface(IID_IUnknown));
 
+  /// Queries a COM object for a pointer to one of its interface; identifying
+  /// the interface by a reference to its interface identifier (IID).
+  ///
+  /// If the COM object implements the interface, then it returns a pointer to
+  /// that interface after calling `addRef` on it.
   int queryInterface(Pointer<GUID> riid, Pointer<Pointer> ppvObject) => ptr
       .ref.vtable
       .elementAt(0)
@@ -55,12 +59,17 @@ class IUnknown {
           int Function(Pointer, Pointer<GUID> riid,
               Pointer<Pointer> ppvObject)>()(ptr.ref.lpVtbl, riid, ppvObject);
 
+  /// Increments the reference count for an interface pointer to a COM object.
+  ///
+  /// You should call this method whenever you make a copy of an interface
+  /// pointer.
   int addRef() => ptr.ref.vtable
       .elementAt(1)
       .cast<Pointer<NativeFunction<Uint32 Function(Pointer)>>>()
       .value
       .asFunction<int Function(Pointer)>()(ptr.ref.lpVtbl);
 
+  /// Decrements the reference count for an interface on a COM object.
   int release() => ptr.ref.vtable
       .elementAt(2)
       .cast<Pointer<NativeFunction<Uint32 Function(Pointer)>>>()
@@ -71,14 +80,14 @@ class IUnknown {
   ///
   /// Takes a string (typically a constant such as `IID_IModalWindow`) and does
   /// a COM QueryInterface to return a reference to that interface. This method
-  /// reduces the boilerplate associated with calling QueryInterface manually.
+  /// reduces the boilerplate associated with calling `queryInterface` manually.
   Pointer<COMObject> toInterface(String iid) {
     final pIID = convertToIID(iid);
-    final pObject = calloc<COMObject>();
+    final objectPtr = calloc<COMObject>();
     try {
-      final hr = queryInterface(pIID, pObject.cast());
+      final hr = queryInterface(pIID, objectPtr.cast());
       if (FAILED(hr)) throw WindowsException(hr);
-      return pObject;
+      return objectPtr;
     } finally {
       free(pIID);
     }