ICU 72.1 72.1
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icu::ByteSink Class Referenceabstract

A ByteSink can be filled with bytes. More...

#include <bytestream.h>

Inheritance diagram for icu::ByteSink:
icu::UMemory icu::CheckedArrayByteSink icu::StringByteSink< StringClass >

Public Member Functions

 ByteSink ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
virtual ~ByteSink ()
 Virtual destructor. More...
 
virtual void Append (const char *bytes, int32_t n)=0
 Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this. More...
 
void AppendU8 (const char *bytes, int32_t n)
 Appends n bytes to this. More...
 
void AppendU8 (const char8_t *bytes, int32_t n)
 Appends n bytes to this. More...
 
virtual char * GetAppendBuffer (int32_t min_capacity, int32_t desired_capacity_hint, char *scratch, int32_t scratch_capacity, int32_t *result_capacity)
 Returns a writable buffer for appending and writes the buffer's capacity to *result_capacity. More...
 
virtual void Flush ()
 Flush internal buffers. More...
 

Detailed Description

A ByteSink can be filled with bytes.

Stable:
ICU 4.2

Definition at line 53 of file bytestream.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ByteSink()

icu::ByteSink::ByteSink ( )
inline

Default constructor.

Stable:
ICU 4.2

Definition at line 59 of file bytestream.h.

◆ ~ByteSink()

virtual icu::ByteSink::~ByteSink ( )
virtual

Virtual destructor.

Stable:
ICU 4.2

Member Function Documentation

◆ Append()

virtual void icu::ByteSink::Append ( const char *  bytes,
int32_t  n 
)
pure virtual

Append "bytes[0,n-1]" to this.

Parameters
bytesthe pointer to the bytes
nthe number of bytes; must be non-negative
Stable:
ICU 4.2

Implemented in icu::CheckedArrayByteSink, and icu::StringByteSink< StringClass >.

◆ AppendU8() [1/2]

void icu::ByteSink::AppendU8 ( const char *  bytes,
int32_t  n 
)
inline

Appends n bytes to this.

Same as Append(). Call AppendU8() with u8"string literals" which are const char * in C++11 but const char8_t * in C++20. If the compiler does support char8_t as a distinct type, then an AppendU8() overload for that is defined and will be chosen.

Parameters
bytesthe pointer to the bytes
nthe number of bytes; must be non-negative
Stable:
ICU 67

Definition at line 85 of file bytestream.h.

◆ AppendU8() [2/2]

void icu::ByteSink::AppendU8 ( const char8_t *  bytes,
int32_t  n 
)
inline

Appends n bytes to this.

Same as Append() but for a const char8_t * pointer. Call AppendU8() with u8"string literals" which are const char * in C++11 but const char8_t * in C++20. If the compiler does support char8_t as a distinct type, then this AppendU8() overload for that is defined and will be chosen.

Parameters
bytesthe pointer to the bytes
nthe number of bytes; must be non-negative
Stable:
ICU 67

Definition at line 101 of file bytestream.h.

◆ Flush()

virtual void icu::ByteSink::Flush ( )
virtual

Flush internal buffers.

Some byte sinks use internal buffers or provide buffering and require calling Flush() at the end of the stream. The ByteSink should be ready for further Append() calls after Flush(). The default implementation of Flush() does nothing.

Stable:
ICU 4.2

◆ GetAppendBuffer()

virtual char * icu::ByteSink::GetAppendBuffer ( int32_t  min_capacity,
int32_t  desired_capacity_hint,
char *  scratch,
int32_t  scratch_capacity,
int32_t *  result_capacity 
)
virtual

Returns a writable buffer for appending and writes the buffer's capacity to *result_capacity.

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 ByteSink.

After writing at most *result_capacity bytes, call Append() with the pointer returned from this function and the number of bytes written. Many Append() implementations will avoid copying bytes if this function returned an internal buffer.

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.

If the ByteSink 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.

If a non-scratch buffer is returned, the caller may only pass a prefix to it to Append(). That is, it is not correct to pass an interior pointer to Append().

The default implementation always returns the scratch buffer.

Parameters
min_capacityrequired minimum capacity of the returned buffer; must be non-negative
desired_capacity_hintdesired capacity of the returned buffer; must be non-negative
scratchdefault caller-owned buffer
scratch_capacitycapacity of the scratch buffer
result_capacitypointer to an integer which will be set to the capacity of the returned buffer
Returns
a buffer with *result_capacity>=min_capacity
Stable:
ICU 4.2

Reimplemented in icu::CheckedArrayByteSink.


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