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Hierarchy</span></a></li> <li><a href="functions.html"><span>Data Fields</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="contents"> <h1>ByteSink Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="ByteSink" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="UMemory" --> <p>A <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes.">ByteSink</a> can be filled with bytes. <a href="#_details">More...</a></p> <p><code>#include <<a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>></code></p> <div class="dynheader"> Inheritance diagram for ByteSink:</div> <div class="dynsection"> <div class="center"> <img src="classByteSink.png" usemap="#ByteSink_map" alt=""/> <map id="ByteSink_map" name="ByteSink_map"> <area href="classUMemory.html" alt="UMemory" shape="rect" coords="96,0,278,24"/> <area href="classCheckedArrayByteSink.html" alt="CheckedArrayByteSink" shape="rect" coords="0,112,182,136"/> <area href="classStringByteSink.html" alt="StringByteSink< StringClass >" shape="rect" coords="192,112,374,136"/> </map> </div> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><td colspan="2"><h2>Public Member Functions</h2></td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#a6247961c1b73f897b276a540cd0288f9">ByteSink</a> ()</td></tr> <tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Default constructor. <a href="#a6247961c1b73f897b276a540cd0288f9"></a><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#ac2e07401e236bcb8545ce9ee96d801fc">~ByteSink</a> ()</td></tr> <tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Virtual destructor. <a href="#ac2e07401e236bcb8545ce9ee96d801fc"></a><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8">Append</a> (const char *bytes, int32_t n)=0</td></tr> <tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this. <a href="#a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8"></a><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual char * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#afbff3e7aca11c652464153b955071201">GetAppendBuffer</a> (int32_t min_capacity, int32_t desired_capacity_hint, char *scratch, int32_t scratch_capacity, int32_t *result_capacity)</td></tr> <tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns a writable buffer for appending and writes the buffer's capacity to *result_capacity. <a href="#afbff3e7aca11c652464153b955071201"></a><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#aa73d9401de89bca953f70eacc0ac9e45">Flush</a> ()</td></tr> <tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Flush internal buffers. <a href="#aa73d9401de89bca953f70eacc0ac9e45"></a><br/></td></tr> </table> <hr/><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2> <p>A <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes.">ByteSink</a> can be filled with bytes. </p> <dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000035">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl> <p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00048">48</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p> <hr/><h2>Constructor & Destructor Documentation</h2> <a class="anchor" id="a6247961c1b73f897b276a540cd0288f9"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ByteSink::ByteSink" ref="a6247961c1b73f897b276a540cd0288f9" args="()" --> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">ByteSink::ByteSink </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td> <td> ) </td> <td><code> [inline]</code></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="memdoc"> <p>Default constructor. </p> <dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000038">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl> <p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00054">54</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="ac2e07401e236bcb8545ce9ee96d801fc"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ByteSink::~ByteSink" ref="ac2e07401e236bcb8545ce9ee96d801fc" args="()" --> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">virtual ByteSink::~ByteSink </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td> <td> ) </td> <td><code> [inline, virtual]</code></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="memdoc"> <p>Virtual destructor. </p> <dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000039">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl> <p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html#l00059">59</a> of file <a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a>.</p> </div> </div> <hr/><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2> <a class="anchor" id="a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ByteSink::Append" ref="a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8" args="(const char *bytes, int32_t n)=0" --> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">virtual void ByteSink::Append </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramtype">const char * </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>bytes</em>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="paramkey"></td> <td></td> <td class="paramtype">int32_t </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>n</em></td><td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>)</td> <td></td><td></td><td><code> [pure virtual]</code></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="memdoc"> <p>Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this. </p> <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd> <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>bytes</em> </td><td>the pointer to the bytes </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>n</em> </td><td>the number of bytes; must be non-negative </td></tr> </table> </dd> </dl> <dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000040">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl> <p>Implemented in <a class="el" href="classCheckedArrayByteSink.html#ace4a9f8d0ac6f44f6cfbab126cec36fc">CheckedArrayByteSink</a>, and <a class="el" href="classStringByteSink.html#ac377073d20cc64ac21ef35c6f4901ba4">StringByteSink< StringClass ></a>.</p> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="aa73d9401de89bca953f70eacc0ac9e45"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ByteSink::Flush" ref="aa73d9401de89bca953f70eacc0ac9e45" args="()" --> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">virtual void ByteSink::Flush </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td> <td> ) </td> <td><code> [virtual]</code></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="memdoc"> <p>Flush internal buffers. </p> <p>Some byte sinks use internal buffers or provide buffering and require calling <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#aa73d9401de89bca953f70eacc0ac9e45" title="Flush internal buffers.">Flush()</a> at the end of the stream. The default implementation of <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#aa73d9401de89bca953f70eacc0ac9e45" title="Flush internal buffers.">Flush()</a> does nothing. </p> <dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000042">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="afbff3e7aca11c652464153b955071201"></a><!-- doxytag: member="ByteSink::GetAppendBuffer" ref="afbff3e7aca11c652464153b955071201" args="(int32_t min_capacity, int32_t desired_capacity_hint, char *scratch, int32_t scratch_capacity, int32_t *result_capacity)" --> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">virtual char* ByteSink::GetAppendBuffer </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramtype">int32_t </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>min_capacity</em>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="paramkey"></td> <td></td> <td class="paramtype">int32_t </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>desired_capacity_hint</em>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="paramkey"></td> <td></td> <td class="paramtype">char * </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>scratch</em>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="paramkey"></td> <td></td> <td class="paramtype">int32_t </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>scratch_capacity</em>, </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="paramkey"></td> <td></td> <td class="paramtype">int32_t * </td> <td class="paramname"> <em>result_capacity</em></td><td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>)</td> <td></td><td></td><td><code> [virtual]</code></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="memdoc"> <p>Returns a writable buffer for appending and writes the buffer's capacity to *result_capacity. </p> <p>Guarantees *result_capacity>=min_capacity. May return a pointer to the caller-owned scratch buffer which must have scratch_capacity>=min_capacity. The returned buffer is only valid until the next operation on this <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes.">ByteSink</a>.</p> <p>After writing at most *result_capacity bytes, call <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8" title="Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this.">Append()</a> with the pointer returned from this function and the number of bytes written. Many <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8" title="Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this.">Append()</a> implementations will avoid copying bytes if this function returned an internal buffer.</p> <p>Partial usage example: int32_t capacity; char* buffer = sink->GetAppendBuffer(..., &capacity); ... Write n bytes into buffer, with n <= capacity. sink->Append(buffer, n); In many implementations, that call to Append will avoid copying bytes.</p> <p>If the <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html" title="A ByteSink can be filled with bytes.">ByteSink</a> allocates or reallocates an internal buffer, it should use the desired_capacity_hint if appropriate. If a caller cannot provide a reasonable guess at the desired capacity, it should pass desired_capacity_hint=0.</p> <p>If a non-scratch buffer is returned, the caller may only pass a prefix to it to <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8" title="Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this.">Append()</a>. That is, it is not correct to pass an interior pointer to <a class="el" href="classByteSink.html#a1f04f7474f4822c29b3a20fde509a3d8" title="Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this.">Append()</a>.</p> <p>The default implementation always returns the scratch buffer.</p> <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd> <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>min_capacity</em> </td><td>required minimum capacity of the returned buffer; must be non-negative </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>desired_capacity_hint</em> </td><td>desired capacity of the returned buffer; must be non-negative </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>scratch</em> </td><td>default caller-owned buffer </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>scratch_capacity</em> </td><td>capacity of the scratch buffer </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>result_capacity</em> </td><td>pointer to an integer which will be set to the capacity of the returned buffer </td></tr> </table> </dd> </dl> <dl class="return"><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>a buffer with *result_capacity>=min_capacity </dd></dl> <dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable000041">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.2 </dd></dl> <p>Reimplemented in <a class="el" href="classCheckedArrayByteSink.html#ac9b54c8bd9002d867648feb39b82a61c">CheckedArrayByteSink</a>.</p> </div> </div> <hr/>The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:<ul> <li><a class="el" href="bytestream_8h_source.html">bytestream.h</a></li> </ul> </div> <!--- window showing the filter options --> <div id="MSearchSelectWindow" onmouseover="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectShow()" onmouseout="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectHide()" onkeydown="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectKey(event)"> <a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(0)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>All</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(1)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Data Structures</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(2)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Files</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(3)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Functions</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(4)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Variables</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(5)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Typedefs</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(6)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Enumerations</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(7)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Enumerator</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(8)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Friends</a><a class="SelectItem" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="searchBox.OnSelectItem(9)"><span class="SelectionMark"> </span>Defines</a></div> <!-- iframe showing the search results (closed by default) --> <div id="MSearchResultsWindow"> <iframe src="" frameborder="0" name="MSearchResults" id="MSearchResults"> </iframe> </div> <hr class="footer"/><address style="text-align: right;"><small>Generated by <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/index.html"> <img class="footer" src="doxygen.png" alt="doxygen"/></a> 1.6.2-20100208 </small></address> </body> </html>