bytes.h File Reference

Lightweight byte container aliases and a non-owning byte view. More...

#include <cstdint>
#include <cstddef>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

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Classes
class	librats::ByteView
	Non-owning view over a contiguous run of bytes. More...
class	librats::ByteSpan
	Non-owning view over a contiguous run of writable bytes. More...

Namespaces
namespace	librats

Typedefs
using	librats::Bytes = std::vector< uint8_t >

Detailed Description

Lightweight byte container aliases and a non-owning byte view.

ByteView is a C++17 stand-in for std::span<const uint8_t>: a cheap (pointer, length) pair used to pass payloads around without copying. It does NOT own its storage — the referenced bytes must outlive the view. On the receive path views point straight into the connection's ReceiveBuffer and are only valid until the buffer is consumed.

ByteSpan is the mutable counterpart (std::span<uint8_t>), handed out by ReceiveBuffer::prepare() as the destination of a recv().

Definition in file bytes.h.