# relative
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[Docs](https://docs.rs/relative/0.2.2)
A type to wrap vtable references such that they can be safely sent between other
processes running the same binary.
References are adjusted relative to a base when (de)serialised, which is what
enables it to work across binaries that are dynamically loaded at different
addresses under multiple invocations.
It being the same binary is checked by serialising the
[`build_id`](https://docs.rs/build_id) alongside the relative pointer, which is
validated at deserialisation.
## Example
### Local process
```rust
use std::{fmt::Display, mem::transmute, raw::TraitObject};
let mut x: Box<dyn Display> = Box::new("hello world");
let x_ptr: *mut dyn Display = &mut *x;
let x_ptr: TraitObject = unsafe { transmute(x_ptr) };
let relative = unsafe { Vtable::<dyn Display>::from(&*x_ptr.vtable) };
// send `relative` to remote...
```
### Remote process
```rust
// receive `relative`
let x: Box<&str> = Box::new("goodbye world");
let x_ptr = Box::into_raw(x);
let y_ptr = TraitObject { data: x_ptr.cast(), vtable: relative.to() as *const () as *mut () };
let y_ptr: *mut dyn Display = unsafe { transmute(y_ptr) };
let y: Box<dyn Display> = unsafe { Box::from_raw(y_ptr) };
println!("{}", y);
// prints "goodbye world"
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE.txt](LICENSE-APACHE.txt) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT.txt](LICENSE-MIT.txt) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.