How to cast an array to an string array?

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
backend

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Start by comparing wrapper.cc and index.js with the linked array_buffer_to_native example, focusing on how the N-API array is passed into native code. Check whether the repository contains another string-array example. Done means providing or documenting a working example for the shown char** use case.

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Description

I'm trying to wrap a C function that receives a char** as parameter but I can't seem to cast it properly. Do I have to iterate over the array and recreate an array on c? I was following this array buffer to native example but I'm stuck. Can someone give me a hint or point me to an example that uses strings and array?

// index.js
const addon = require('./node/addon')

addon.start(4, [
  '-in',
  'str1',
  '-out',
  'str3'
])

// wrapper.cc

Napi::Value start(const Napi::CallbackInfo &info)
{
    Napi::Env env = info.Env();

    Napi::Number bufferSize = info[0].As<Napi::Number>();
    Napi::Array buffer = info[1].As<Napi::Array>();

    // how would you make this work?
    char **stringArray= reinterpret_cast<char **>(buffer);
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