Properly handle encoding of strings in Steam API. Fixes #5.

SAM.API/NativeStrings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2017 Rick (rick 'at' gibbed 'dot' us)
+ * 
+ * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+ * warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+ * arising from the use of this software.
+ * 
+ * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+ * 
+ * 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ *    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+ *    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
+ *    be appreciated but is not required.
+ * 
+ * 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
+ *    be misrepresented as being the original software.
+ * 
+ * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+ *    distribution.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
+
+namespace SAM.API
+{
+    internal class NativeStrings
+    {
+        public sealed class StringHandle : SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
+        {
+            internal StringHandle(IntPtr preexistingHandle, bool ownsHandle)
+                : base(ownsHandle)
+            {
+                this.SetHandle(preexistingHandle);
+            }
+
+            public IntPtr Handle
+            {
+                get { return this.handle; }
+            }
+
+            protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
+            {
+                if (handle != IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(handle);
+                    handle = IntPtr.Zero;
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe StringHandle StringToStringHandle(string value)
+        {
+            if (value == null)
+            {
+                return new StringHandle(IntPtr.Zero, true);
+            }
+
+            var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value);
+            var length = bytes.Length;
+
+            var p = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(length + 1);
+            Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, p, bytes.Length);
+            ((byte*)p)[length] = 0;
+            return new StringHandle(p, true);
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe string PointerToString(sbyte* bytes)
+        {
+            if (bytes == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            int running = 0;
+
+            var b = bytes;
+            if (*b == 0)
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            while ((*b++) != 0)
+            {
+                running++;
+            }
+
+            return new string(bytes, 0, running, Encoding.UTF8);
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe string PointerToString(byte* bytes)
+        {
+            return PointerToString((sbyte*)bytes);
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe string PointerToString(IntPtr nativeData)
+        {
+            return PointerToString((sbyte*)nativeData.ToPointer());
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe string PointerToString(sbyte* bytes, int length)
+        {
+            if (bytes == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            int running = 0;
+
+            var b = bytes;
+            if (length == 0 || *b == 0)
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            while ((*b++) != 0 &&
+                   running < length)
+            {
+                running++;
+            }
+
+            return new string(bytes, 0, running, Encoding.UTF8);
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe string PointerToString(byte* bytes, int length)
+        {
+            return PointerToString((sbyte*)bytes, length);
+        }
+
+        public static unsafe string PointerToString(IntPtr nativeData, int length)
+        {
+            return PointerToString((sbyte*)nativeData.ToPointer(), length);
+        }
+    }
+}

SAM.API/SAM.API.csproj

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>none</DebugType>
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Callbacks\AppDataChanged.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Callbacks\UserStatsReceived.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ICallback.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="NativeStrings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Types\CallbackMessage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Wrappers\SteamUserStats007.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Types\AccountType.cs" />

SAM.API/Wrappers/SteamApps001.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Text;
 using SAM.API.Interfaces;
 
 namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
@@ -34,22 +33,27 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
         private delegate int NativeGetAppData(
             IntPtr self,
             uint appId,
-            string key,
-            StringBuilder valueBuffer,
+            IntPtr key,
+            IntPtr value,
             int valueLength);
 
         public string GetAppData(uint appId, string key)
         {
-            var sb = new StringBuilder();
-            sb.EnsureCapacity(1024);
-            int result = this.Call<int, NativeGetAppData>(
-                this.Functions.GetAppData,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                appId,
-                key,
-                sb,
-                sb.Capacity);
-            return result == 0 ? null : sb.ToString();
+            using (var nativeHandle = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(key))
+            {
+                const int valueLength = 1024;
+                var valuePointer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(valueLength);
+                int result = this.Call<int, NativeGetAppData>(
+                    this.Functions.GetAppData,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    appId,
+                    nativeHandle.Handle,
+                    valuePointer,
+                    valueLength);
+                var value = result == 0 ? null : NativeStrings.PointerToString(valuePointer, valueLength);
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(valuePointer);
+                return value;
+            }
         }
         #endregion
     }

SAM.API/Wrappers/SteamApps003.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
             var languagePointer = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetCurrentGameLanguage>(
                 this.Functions.GetCurrentGameLanguage,
                 this.ObjectAddress);
-            return Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(languagePointer);
+            return NativeStrings.PointerToString(languagePointer);
         }
         #endregion
     }

SAM.API/Wrappers/SteamClient009.cs

@@ -95,20 +95,23 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
 
         #region GetISteamUser
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
-        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamUser(IntPtr self, int user, int pipe, string version);
+        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamUser(IntPtr self, int user, int pipe, IntPtr version);
 
         private TClass GetISteamUser<TClass>(int user, int pipe, string version)
             where TClass : INativeWrapper, new()
         {
-            IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamUser>(
-                this.Functions.GetISteamUser,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                user,
-                pipe,
-                version);
-            var result = new TClass();
-            result.SetupFunctions(address);
-            return result;
+            using (var nativeVersion = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(version))
+            {
+                IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamUser>(
+                    this.Functions.GetISteamUser,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    user,
+                    pipe,
+                    nativeVersion.Handle);
+                var result = new TClass();
+                result.SetupFunctions(address);
+                return result;
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -121,20 +124,23 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
 
         #region GetISteamUserStats
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
-        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamUserStats(IntPtr self, int user, int pipe, string version);
+        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamUserStats(IntPtr self, int user, int pipe, IntPtr version);
 
         private TClass GetISteamUserStats<TClass>(int user, int pipe, string version)
             where TClass : INativeWrapper, new()
         {
-            IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamUserStats>(
-                this.Functions.GetISteamUserStats,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                user,
-                pipe,
-                version);
-            var result = new TClass();
-            result.SetupFunctions(address);
-            return result;
+            using (var nativeVersion = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(version))
+            {
+                IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamUserStats>(
+                    this.Functions.GetISteamUserStats,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    user,
+                    pipe,
+                    nativeVersion.Handle);
+                var result = new TClass();
+                result.SetupFunctions(address);
+                return result;
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -147,19 +153,22 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
 
         #region GetISteamUtils
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
-        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamUtils(IntPtr self, int pipe, string version);
+        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamUtils(IntPtr self, int pipe, IntPtr version);
 
         public TClass GetISteamUtils<TClass>(int pipe, string version)
             where TClass : INativeWrapper, new()
         {
-            IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamUtils>(
-                this.Functions.GetISteamUtils,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                pipe,
-                version);
-            var result = new TClass();
-            result.SetupFunctions(address);
-            return result;
+            using (var nativeVersion = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(version))
+            {
+                IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamUtils>(
+                    this.Functions.GetISteamUtils,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    pipe,
+                    nativeVersion.Handle);
+                var result = new TClass();
+                result.SetupFunctions(address);
+                return result;
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -171,15 +180,22 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
         #endregion
 
         #region GetISteamApps
-        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamApps(int user, int pipe, string version);
+        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetISteamApps(int user, int pipe, IntPtr version);
 
         private TClass GetISteamApps<TClass>(int user, int pipe, string version)
             where TClass : INativeWrapper, new()
         {
-            IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamApps>(this.Functions.GetISteamApps, user, pipe, version);
-            var result = new TClass();
-            result.SetupFunctions(address);
-            return result;
+            using (var nativeVersion = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(version))
+            {
+                IntPtr address = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetISteamApps>(
+                    this.Functions.GetISteamApps,
+                    user,
+                    pipe,
+                    nativeVersion.Handle);
+                var result = new TClass();
+                result.SetupFunctions(address);
+                return result;
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 

SAM.API/Wrappers/SteamUserStats007.cs

@@ -42,54 +42,66 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
         #region GetStatValue (int)
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
-        private delegate bool NativeGetStatInt(IntPtr self, string name, out int data);
+        private delegate bool NativeGetStatInt(IntPtr self, IntPtr name, out int data);
 
         public bool GetStatValue(string name, out int value)
         {
-            var call = this.GetFunction<NativeGetStatInt>(this.Functions.GetStatInteger);
-            return call(this.ObjectAddress, name, out value);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            {
+                var call = this.GetFunction<NativeGetStatInt>(this.Functions.GetStatInteger);
+                return call(this.ObjectAddress, nativeName.Handle, out value);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
         #region GetStatValue (float)
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
-        private delegate bool NativeGetStatFloat(IntPtr self, string name, out float data);
+        private delegate bool NativeGetStatFloat(IntPtr self, IntPtr name, out float data);
 
         public bool GetStatValue(string name, out float value)
         {
-            var call = this.GetFunction<NativeGetStatFloat>(this.Functions.GetStatFloat);
-            return call(this.ObjectAddress, name, out value);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            {
+                var call = this.GetFunction<NativeGetStatFloat>(this.Functions.GetStatFloat);
+                return call(this.ObjectAddress, nativeName.Handle, out value);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
         #region SetStatValue (int)
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
-        private delegate bool NativeSetStatInt(IntPtr self, string name, int data);
+        private delegate bool NativeSetStatInt(IntPtr self, IntPtr name, int data);
 
         public bool SetStatValue(string name, int value)
         {
-            return this.Call<bool, NativeSetStatInt>(
-                this.Functions.SetStatInteger,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                name,
-                value);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            {
+                return this.Call<bool, NativeSetStatInt>(
+                    this.Functions.SetStatInteger,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    nativeName.Handle,
+                    value);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
         #region SetStatValue (float)
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
-        private delegate bool NativeSetStatFloat(IntPtr self, string name, float data);
+        private delegate bool NativeSetStatFloat(IntPtr self, IntPtr name, float data);
 
         public bool SetStatValue(string name, float value)
         {
-            return this.Call<bool, NativeSetStatFloat>(
-                this.Functions.SetStatFloat,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                name,
-                value);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            {
+                return this.Call<bool, NativeSetStatFloat>(
+                    this.Functions.SetStatFloat,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    nativeName.Handle,
+                    value);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -98,33 +110,45 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
         private delegate bool NativeGetAchievement(
             IntPtr self,
-            string name,
+            IntPtr name,
             [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)] out bool isAchieved);
 
         public bool GetAchievementState(string name, out bool isAchieved)
         {
-            var call = this.GetFunction<NativeGetAchievement>(this.Functions.GetAchievement);
-            return call(this.ObjectAddress, name, out isAchieved);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            {
+                var call = this.GetFunction<NativeGetAchievement>(this.Functions.GetAchievement);
+                return call(this.ObjectAddress, nativeName.Handle, out isAchieved);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
         #region SetAchievementState
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
-        private delegate bool NativeSetAchievement(IntPtr self, string name);
+        private delegate bool NativeSetAchievement(IntPtr self, IntPtr name);
 
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
-        private delegate bool NativeClearAchievement(IntPtr self, string name);
+        private delegate bool NativeClearAchievement(IntPtr self, IntPtr name);
 
         public bool SetAchievement(string name, bool state)
         {
-            if (state == false)
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
             {
-                return this.Call<bool, NativeClearAchievement>(this.Functions.ClearAchievement, this.ObjectAddress, name);
-            }
+                if (state == false)
+                {
+                    return this.Call<bool, NativeClearAchievement>(
+                        this.Functions.ClearAchievement,
+                        this.ObjectAddress,
+                        nativeName.Handle);
+                }
 
-            return this.Call<bool, NativeSetAchievement>(this.Functions.SetAchievement, this.ObjectAddress, name);
+                return this.Call<bool, NativeSetAchievement>(
+                    this.Functions.SetAchievement,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    nativeName.Handle);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -141,28 +165,36 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
 
         #region GetAchievementIcon
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
-        private delegate int NativeGetAchievementIcon(IntPtr self, string name);
+        private delegate int NativeGetAchievementIcon(IntPtr self, IntPtr name);
 
         public int GetAchievementIcon(string name)
         {
-            return this.Call<int, NativeGetAchievementIcon>(
-                this.Functions.GetAchievementIcon,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                name);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            {
+                return this.Call<int, NativeGetAchievementIcon>(
+                    this.Functions.GetAchievementIcon,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    nativeName.Handle);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 
         #region GetAchievementDisplayAttribute
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
-        private delegate string NativeGetAchievementDisplayAttribute(IntPtr self, string name, string key);
+        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetAchievementDisplayAttribute(IntPtr self, IntPtr name, IntPtr key);
 
         public string GetAchievementDisplayAttribute(string name, string key)
         {
-            return this.Call<string, NativeGetAchievementDisplayAttribute>(
-                this.Functions.GetAchievementDisplayAttribute,
-                this.ObjectAddress,
-                name,
-                key);
+            using (var nativeName = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(name))
+            using (var nativeKey = NativeStrings.StringToStringHandle(key))
+            {
+                var result = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetAchievementDisplayAttribute>(
+                    this.Functions.GetAchievementDisplayAttribute,
+                    this.ObjectAddress,
+                    nativeName.Handle,
+                    nativeKey.Handle);
+                return NativeStrings.PointerToString(result);
+            }
         }
         #endregion
 

SAM.API/Wrappers/SteamUtils005.cs

@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ namespace SAM.API.Wrappers
 
         #region GetIPCountry
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
-        private delegate string NativeGetIPCountry(IntPtr self);
+        private delegate IntPtr NativeGetIPCountry(IntPtr self);
 
         public string GetIPCountry()
         {
-            return this.Call<string, NativeGetIPCountry>(this.Functions.GetIPCountry, this.ObjectAddress);
+            var result = this.Call<IntPtr, NativeGetIPCountry>(this.Functions.GetIPCountry, this.ObjectAddress);
+            return NativeStrings.PointerToString(result);
         }
         #endregion