Re: [Nutshell-devel] Basic class information : Byte Buffer.

[Rodrigo C. <rc...@gm...>]

On 8/24/06, Alexandre Moreira <ale...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Keeping the batch of messages related to the class of the system.
>
> A ByteBuffer is a buffer used by the network pieces of our system, to
> keep track of incoming data until it can safely extract a message out
> of it. Here is its basic definition (somethings may vary as I already
> have an implemented version of this class at home, with no access to
> it right now).
>
> The ByteBuffer is a circular buffer, that can hold up to size bytes,

 wrapping around when needed, if possible.
>

When needed or if possible?
I guess I didn`t catch up that one.... Or you wrap around when needed or
not....
What you do when it need but you can`t? Exception? Data loss?

This is useful to hold
> received data and yet-to-send data. Heavily used by our sockets.



> ByteBuffer
> public:
> ByteBuffer(int size);
> virtual ~ByteBuffer();
> insert(const ByteArray& source, int size);
> fetch(ByteArray& dest, int size);
> discard(int size);
> consume(ByteArray& dest, int size); // this is simply a fetch();
> discard();
> int getSize();
> int getCapacity();
> private:
> char* data;
> int size;
> int position;
>
> And there goes another piece of our class strucutre... a lecture
> brought to you by Yago Warner!
>
> Until I find out I missed something again, I'll rest.. .and work a bit
> more.
>
> Regards,
> Alexandre Moreira.
>
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