wxWidgets/interface/buffer.h
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: buffer.h
// Purpose: documentation for wxMemoryBuffer class
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Licence: wxWindows license
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
@class wxMemoryBuffer
@wxheader{buffer.h}
A @b wxMemoryBuffer is a useful data structure for storing arbitrary sized
blocks
of memory. wxMemoryBuffer guarantees deletion of the memory block when the
object
is destroyed.
@library{wxbase}
@category{FIXME}
*/
class wxMemoryBuffer
{
public:
//@{
/**
Create a new buffer.
@param size
size of new buffer.
*/
wxMemoryBuffer(const wxMemoryBuffer& src);
wxMemoryBuffer(size_t size);
//@}
/**
Append a single byte to the buffer.
@param data
New byte to append to the buffer.
*/
void AppendByte(char data);
/**
Ensure that the buffer is big enough and return a pointer to the start
of the empty space in the buffer. This pointer can be used to directly
write data into the buffer, this new data will be appended to
the existing data.
@param sizeNeeded
Amount of extra space required in the buffer for
the append operation
*/
void * GetAppendBuf(size_t sizeNeeded);
/**
Returns the size of the buffer.
*/
size_t GetBufSize();
/**
Return a pointer to the data in the buffer.
*/
void* GetData();
/**
Returns the length of the valid data in the buffer.
*/
size_t GetDataLen();
/**
Ensure the buffer is big enough and return a pointer to the
buffer which can be used to directly write into the buffer
up to @e sizeNeeded bytes.
*/
void * GetWriteBuf(size_t sizeNeeded);
/**
Ensures the buffer has at least @e size bytes available.
*/
void SetBufSize(size_t size);
/**
Sets the length of the data stored in the buffer. Mainly useful for truncating
existing data.
@param size
New length of the valid data in the buffer. This is
distinct from the allocated size
*/
void SetDataLen(size_t size);
/**
Update the length after completing a direct append, which
you must have used GetAppendBuf() to initialise.
@param sizeUsed
This is the amount of new data that has been
appended.
*/
void UngetAppendBuf(size_t sizeUsed);
/**
Update the buffer after completing a direct write, which
you must have used GetWriteBuf() to initialise.
@param sizeUsed
The amount of data written in to buffer
by the direct write
*/
void UngetWriteBuf(size_t sizeUsed);
};