CHDKPTPRemote.Session.GetScriptMessage C# (CSharp) Method

GetScriptMessage() private method

private GetScriptMessage ( int script_id, bool return_string_as_byte_array, bool get_error = false ) : object
script_id int
return_string_as_byte_array bool
get_error bool
return object
        private object GetScriptMessage(int script_id, bool return_string_as_byte_array, bool get_error = false)
        {
            CHDK_ScriptMsgType type;
            int subtype, script_id2;
            byte[] data;
            while (true)
            {
                _session.CHDK_ReadScriptMsg(out type, out subtype, out script_id2, out data);

                if (type == CHDK_ScriptMsgType.PTP_CHDK_S_MSGTYPE_NONE) // no more messages; no return value
                    return null;

                if (script_id2 != script_id) // ignore message from other scripts
                    continue;

                if (!get_error && type == CHDK_ScriptMsgType.PTP_CHDK_S_MSGTYPE_RET) // return info!
                {
                    switch ((CHDK_ScriptDataType)subtype)
                    {
                        case CHDK_ScriptDataType.PTP_CHDK_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
                            return (data[0] | data[1] | data[2] | data[3]) != 0;
                        case CHDK_ScriptDataType.PTP_CHDK_TYPE_INTEGER:
                            return data[0] | (data[1] << 8) | (data[2] << 16) | (data[3] << 24);
                        case CHDK_ScriptDataType.PTP_CHDK_TYPE_STRING:
                            if (return_string_as_byte_array)
                                return data;
                            else
                                return (new ASCIIEncoding()).GetString(data);
                        default:
                            throw new Exception("script returned unsupported data type: " + type.ToString());
                    }
                }

                if (type == CHDK_ScriptMsgType.PTP_CHDK_S_MSGTYPE_ERR) // hmm.. error
                {
                    if (get_error)
                    {
                        return (new ASCIIEncoding()).GetString(data);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new Exception("error running script: " + (new ASCIIEncoding()).GetString(data));
                    }
                }

                // ignore other (user) messages
            }
        }