README.md

libbbuf

Dynamic binary buffer modelled on FreeBSD's sbuf.

Build

$ ./autogen.sh
$ make
$ make install

API

Constructor/Destructor

A binary buffer with the default options can be constructed using the bbuf_new_auto() function as follows, the call to bbuf_new_auto returns 0 on success:

struct bbuf *buf;
int rc;

rc = bbuf_new_auto();

The binary buffer constructed by the call to bbuf_new_auto() should be deleted by calling bbuf_delete as follows, this frees up all allocated memory:

bbuf_delete(buf);

Get/Put

To write a primive value into the binary buffer:

int8_t value;

value = 0;
bbuf_put_int8(bbuf, value);

Misc

The bbuf_data() function returns the memory backing the binary buffer:

bbuf_data()

The bbuf_pos() function returns the current offset into memory backing the binary buffer:

bbuf_pos()