haiku/docs/user/media/Buffer.dox
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/*
* Copyright 2011 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
* Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
*
* Authors:
* John Scipione, jscipione@gmail.com
*
* Corresponds to:
* headers/os/media/Buffer.h rev 42274
* src/kits/media/Buffer.cpp rev 42274
*/
/*!
\file Buffer.h
\ingroup media
\ingroup libbe
\brief Defines the buffer_clone_info struct and BBuffer class.
*/
/*!
\struct buffer_clone_info
\ingroup media
\ingroup libbe
\brief A struct that stores where in memory a BBuffer object is in memory
as well as the buffer flags.
*/
/*!
\class BBuffer
\ingroup media
\ingroup libbe
\brief A reference to a chunk of memory useful for sharing media data
between applications and nodes.
*/
/*!
\fn void* BBuffer::Data()
\brief Gets a pointer to the data of the buffer.
\returns A void* pointer to the data.
*/
/*!
\fn size_t BBuffer::SizeAvailable()
\brief Gets the size of the buffer in bytes. Alias for Size().
\returns The buffer size in bytes
*/
/*!
\fn size_t BBuffer::SizeUsed()
\brief Gets the size of the portion of the buffer that is currently in
use in bytes.
\returns The currently used portion of the buffer size in bytes.
*/
/*!
\fn void BBuffer::SetSizeUsed(size_t size_used)
\brief Sets the size of the buffer that is used in bytes.
This method should be called after writing data to the buffer.
*/
/*!
\fn uint32 BBuffer::Flags()
\brief Gets the flags of the buffer.
\returns The buffer flags.
*/
/*!
\fn void BBuffer::Recycle()
\brief Recycles the buffer so that it can be reused.
*/
/*!
\fn buffer_clone_info BBuffer::CloneInfo() const
\brief Gets the \c buffer_clone_info struct that describes the buffer.
\returns The a clone of the \c buffer_clone_info struct.
*/
/*!
\fn media_buffer_id BBuffer::ID()
\brief Gets the ID of the buffer according to the App Server.
\returns The App Server's ID of the buffer.
*/
/*!
\fn media_type BBuffer::Type()
\brief Gets the media type of the data in the buffer.
\returns The media type of the data in the buffer.
*/
/*!
\fn media_header* BBuffer::Header()
\brief Gets a pointer to the header of the buffer.
\returns A pointer to the header of the buffer.
*/
/*!
\fn media_audio_header* BBuffer::AudioHeader()
\brief Gets a pointer to the header of the audio buffer.
\returns A pointer to the header of the audio buffer.
*/
/*!
\fn media_video_header* BBuffer::VideoHeader()
\brief Gets a pointer to a header of the video buffer.
\returns A pointer to a header of the video buffer.
*/
/*!
\fn size_t BBuffer::Size()
\brief Gets the size of the buffer in bytes.
Alias for SizeAvailable().
\returns The size of the buffer in bytes.
*/