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/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
* Alexander Afanasyev
* Zhenkai Zhu
*
* BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
*
* Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
* Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
*/
#ifndef NDN_BLOB_H
#define NDN_BLOB_H
#include <vector>
#include <cstddef>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
namespace ndn {
/**
* @brief Class representing a general-use binary blob
*/
class Blob : public std::vector<char>
{
public:
/**
* @brief Creates an empty blob
*/
Blob ()
{
}
Blob (const void *buf, size_t length)
: std::vector<char> (reinterpret_cast<const char*> (buf), reinterpret_cast<const char*> (buf) + length)
{
}
/**
* @brief Get pointer to the first byte of the binary blob
*/
inline char*
buf ()
{
return &front ();
}
/**
* @brief Get const pointer to the first byte of the binary blob
*/
inline const char*
buf () const
{
return &front ();
}
};
} // ndn
#endif // NDN_BLOB_H