NAME

src/pmc/bytebuffer.pmc - A byte buffer

DESCRIPTION

ByteBuffer provides a resizable byte buffer with random access to individual bytes and conversions from and to parrot strings.

Vtable functions

void init()

Create an empty buffer

void init_int()

Create a buffer of initial_size capacity.

void mark()

Mark the source string if any.

void destroy()

Free the buffer when destroying.

INTVAL elements()

Get current size.

void set_integer_native()

Resize the buffer to the given value.

void set_string_native()

Reset the buffer with the content of the string.

INTVAL get_integer_keyed_int()

Get the value of the byte at position or 0 if out of bounds.

void set_integer_keyed_int()

Set the value of the byte at position, resizing the buffer if the position is out of current size.

void push_integer(INTVAL value)

Extends the buffer by adding a byte of value value to the end.

PMC *get_pointer()

Return a pointer to the content. Use with care.

PMC *get_iter()

Return a new Iterator for this PMC.

Methods

get_string(string encoding)

Create a string with the buffer content and the encoding specified.

get_string_as(string as)

Create a string with the buffer content and the same encoding as the string argument.

get_chars(int pos, int length, string encoding)

Get a string from the buffer content with the specified encoding and length in codepoints.

Auxiliar functions

static INTVAL grow_to(INTVAL position)

Calculate new size enough for using position and with some margin to decrease the number of reallocations.

static STRING * build_string(PARROT_INTERP, const unsigned char *content, INTVAL size, const STR_VTABLE *encoding)

Build a string from the buffer content with the encoding specified.