NE_BUFFER(3) neon API reference NE_BUFFER(3)
NAME
ne_buffer - string buffer handling
SYNOPSIS
#include <ne_string.h>
typedef struct {
char *data;
size_t used;
size_t length;
} ne_buffer;
DESCRIPTION
The ne_buffer type represents an expandable memory buffer for holding NUL-terminated strings. The data field points to the beginnning of
the string, the length of which is given by the used field. The current size of memory allocated is given by the length field. It is not
recommended that the fields of a buffer are manipulated directly. The data pointer may change when the buffer is modified.
A buffer is created using ne_buffer_create(3) or ne_buffer_ncreate(3), and destroyed using ne_buffer_destroy(3) or ne_buffer_finish(3). The
functions ne_buffer_append(3), ne_buffer_zappend(3) and ne_buffer_concat(3) are used to append data to a buffer.
If the string referenced by the data pointer is modified directly (rather than using one of the functions listed above), ne_buffer_altered
must be called.
AUTHOR
Joe Orton <neon@webdav.org>.
neon 0.23.5 8 October 2002 NE_BUFFER(3)
