Method getString

src/librawspeed/io/ByteStream.h:177–187

Increments the stream to after the next zero byte and returns the bytes in between (not a copy). If the first byte is zero, stream is incremented one.

  // Increments the stream to after the next zero byte and returns the bytes in between (not a copy).
  // If the first byte is zero, stream is incremented one.
  const char* getString() {
    assert(data);
    size_type start = pos;
    bool isNullTerminator = false;
    do {
      check(1);
      isNullTerminator = (data[pos] == '\0');
      pos++;
    } while (!isNullTerminator);
    return reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&data[start]);
  }

  // special factory function to set up internal buffer with copy of passed data.
  // only necessary to create 'fake' TiffEntries (see e.g. RAF)