From 378ef0a052840ad796b252cea1e44638009ec078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Haselnussbomber <mail@haselnussbomber.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:41:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add SeString.Parse(byte*) (#1937)

---
 Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs
index 54c5e4a7b..3b83aed0c 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 
 using Dalamud.Data;
@@ -162,6 +163,13 @@ public class SeString
     /// <returns>An SeString containing parsed Payload objects for each payload in the data.</returns>
     public static SeString Parse(byte[] bytes) => Parse(new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(bytes));
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parse a binary game message into an SeString.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="ptr">Pointer to the string's data in memory. Needs to be null-terminated.</param>
+    /// <returns>An SeString containing parsed Payload objects for each payload in the data.</returns>
+    public static unsafe SeString Parse(byte* ptr) => Parse(MemoryMarshal.CreateReadOnlySpanFromNullTerminated(ptr));
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Creates an SeString representing an entire Payload chain that can be used to link an item in the chat log.
     /// </summary>