Bytes Class Reference
[Octets Built-in Type]

Built-in type consisting of a variable-length array of opaque bytes. More...

Inheritance diagram for Bytes:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Bytes ()
	Default Constructor.
	Bytes (Bytes src)
	Copy constructor.
	Bytes (int size)
	Constructor that specifies the size of the allocated bytes array.
Object	copy_from (Object src)
	Copy src into this object.
Public Attributes
int	length
	Number of bytes to serialize.
int	offset
	Offset from which to start serializing bytes .
byte[]	value
	com.rti.dds.type.builtin.Bytes array value.

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Detailed Description

Built-in type consisting of a variable-length array of opaque bytes.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Bytes

(

)

Default Constructor.

The default constructor initializes the newly created object with null value, zero length, and zero offset.

Bytes

(

Bytes

src

)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

src

<<in>> Object to copy from.

Exceptions:

NullPointerException

if src is null.

Bytes

(

int

size

)

Constructor that specifies the size of the allocated bytes array.

After this method is called, length and offset are set to zero.

Parameters:

size

<<in>> Size of the allocated bytes array.

Exceptions:

IllegalArgumentException

if size is negative

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Member Function Documentation

Object copy_from

(

Object

src

)

Copy src into this object.

This method performs a deep copy of src and it allocates memory for the value if required.

Parameters:

src

<<in>> Object to copy from.

Returns:

this if success. Otherwise, null.

Exceptions:

NullPointerException

if src is null.

Implements Copyable.

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Member Data Documentation

int length

Number of bytes to serialize.

int offset

Offset from which to start serializing bytes .

The first position of the bytes array has offset 0.

byte [] value

com.rti.dds.type.builtin.Bytes array value.