Explicit/Implicit P/Invoke concept

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I'm new to platform invoke for managed <-> unmanaged code interop.

After reading some documents, I found P/Invoke is ONLY applied when managed code to call unmanaged(native) code. Is that right?

How about unmanaged code calls managed dll?
I find an interesting approach called "exposing managed component to COM" which can be applied when unmanaged code calls managed component(so it is not part of P/Invoke?)

Posted 24-Nov-14 6:37am

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George Jonsson · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-24T07:34:00

Platform Invoke is used to call Win32 functions from managed code.
See PInvoke.net/[^]

For calling managed code from unmanaged code one approach is to use COM Interop where COM interfaces are exported from the managed code.
See COM Interop Part 2[^]

So yes, you are right in your assumptions.