/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: buffer.h
-// Purpose: documentation for wxMemoryBuffer class
+// Purpose: interface of wxMemoryBuffer
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Licence: wxWindows license
@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.
+ blocks of memory. wxMemoryBuffer guarantees deletion of the memory block when
+ the object is destroyed.
@library{wxbase}
- @category{FIXME}
+ @category{data}
*/
class wxMemoryBuffer
{
public:
- //@{
+ /**
+ Copy constructor, refcounting is used for performance, but wxMemoryBuffer
+ is not a copy-on-write structure so changes made to one buffer effect all
+ copies made from it.
+
+ @see @ref overview_refcount
+ */
+ wxMemoryBuffer(const wxMemoryBuffer& src);
+
/**
Create a new buffer.
-
+
@param size
- size of new buffer.
+ size of the 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.
*/
/**
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.
-
+ 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 SetBufSize(size_t size);
/**
- Sets the length of the data stored in the buffer. Mainly useful for truncating
- existing data.
-
+ 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
/**
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.
/**
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);
};
+