Re: [Nutshell-devel] Basic class information : Byte Arrays

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

>
> ByteArray is an abstract class, it has a few methods implemented, but
> cannot be instantiated.
> what it does is to give a common interface to access things that wraps a
> byte array (char *). This can be used to aid in the serialization of many
> data types.
>
> ByteArray
> public:
>  const char& operator[](int index) const;
>  char& operator[](int index);
>  int getCapacity();
>  void copyFrom(const ByteArray& source, int srcIndex, int dstIndex, int
> size);
> private:
>  char& fetchCharacter(int index); // a wrapper to common functionality
> shared
>                                   // by both [] operators.
>  ByteArray(char * wrappedData, int capacity);
>

Wait a moment, this constructor is really to be private?
OTOH I don't see a default constructor (as this one is private), did you
miss this or was intentional?

 virtual ~ByteArray();
> protected:
>  int capacity;
>  char* data;
> --
>
>
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Abra=E7os,
      Rodrigo