BSON_VECTOR_INT8_CONST_VIEW_INIT(3)

💅 BSON_VECTOR_INT8_CONST_VIEW_INIT(3) — libbson, bestie edition ✨

okay so picture this: you've got a const uint8_t buffer just sitting there, and you want to peek at it as a bson_vector_int8_const_view_t without copying anything. That's literally the whole gig. This is a libbson page, and it's here to help you init a bson_vector_int8_const_view_t from a const uint8_t buffer. No cap. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool
bson_vector_int8_const_view_init (bson_vector_int8_const_view_t *view_out,
                                  const uint8_t *binary_data,
                                  uint32_t binary_data_len);

three args, one bool back, that's the vibe check 💅

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• view_out — a bson_vector_int8_const_view_t gets written right here on success. This is the output, the main character, the one that receives the goods. 👑
• binary_data — a pointer to the BSON Binary data block that's gonna get validated. You're handing it over for inspection, not for keeps. 🔍
• binary_data_len — the length of that binary data block, in bytes. fr fr, it's bytes. 📏

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what actually happens? The length and the header of the binary data block you passed in get checked — checked for what, you ask? For a valid Vector of int8 element type. That's the whole hurdle. 🧚

And on success? The pointer and the length get packaged up all cozy as a bson_vector_int8_const_view_t, and that gets written to *view_out. Slay. ✨

⚠️ important caveat bestie: the view is only valid as long as binary_data is valid. It's a view, not a copy — it does not own anything. If that buffer dips, the view dips with it. 😭

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🌸 RETURNS 🌸

Returns true if the view was successfully initialized. That's it, that's the return. 💖

⭐ SEE ALSO:

• bson_vector_int8_view_init() — the non-const sibling, go say hi 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

MongoDB, Inc

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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and that's the page!! version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09 — mwah, no notes, go init some views bestie 💅🎀🦋