Method getPtr

engine/source/string/stringBuffer.cc:399–409

}

const UTF16* StringBuffer::getPtr() const
{
   incRequestCount16();
   // get a pointer to the StringBuffer's data store.
   // this pointer is volatile, and not thread safe.
   // use this in situations where you can be sure that the StringBuffer will
   // not be modified out from under you.
   // the key here is, you avoid yet another data copy. data copy is slow on
   // most modern hardware.
   return mBuffer.address();
}

// [neo, 5/7/2007]: cant be constant as it calles updateBuffer8()!
//const UTF8* StringBuffer::getPtr8() const