# Package com.sun.jna.ptr

package com.sun.jna.ptr
Provides various native pointer-to-type (`<type> *`) representations.

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  com.sun.jna
  Provides simplified native library access.
  com.sun.jna.internal
  Provides internal utilities.
  com.sun.jna.platform
  Provides cross-platform utilities based on platform-specific libraries.
  com.sun.jna.win32
  Provides type and function mappers required for standard APIs on the Windows platform.
- Classes
  Class
  Description
  ByReference
  Provides generic "pointer to type" functionality, often used in C code to return values to the caller in addition to a function result.
  ByteByReference
  DoubleByReference
  FloatByReference
  IntByReference
  LongByReference
  NativeLongByReference
  PointerByReference
  Represents a reference to a pointer to native data.
  ShortByReference