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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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// Name: bufferclasses.h
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// Purpose: topic overview
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// Author: wxWidgets team
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// RCS-ID: $Id: bufferclasses.h 64940 2010-07-13 13:29:13Z VZ $
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// Licence: wxWindows licence
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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@page overview_bufferclasses Buffer Classes
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wxWidgets uses two classes of classes for dealing with buffers in memory.
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The first is one for dealing with character buffers, namely wxCharBuffer for
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char pointer or multi-byte c strings and wxWCharBuffer for wchar_t pointer or
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wide character c strings.
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Secondly, wxWidgets uses, although only rarely currently, wxMemoryBuffer for
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dealing with raw buffers in memory.
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@li @ref overview_bufferclasses_xcb
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@section overview_bufferclasses_xcb wxXCharBuffer
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@subsection overview_bufferclasses_xcb_general General Usage
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As mentioned, wxCharBuffer and its wide character variant wxWCharBuffer deal
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with c strings in memory. They have two constructors, one in which you pass
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the c string you want them to have a copy of, and another where you specify the
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size of the buffer in memory in characters you want.
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wxCharBuffer and its variant only contain the c string as a member, so they can
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be used safely to c functions with variable arguments such as printf. They also
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contain standard assignment, character access operators and a copy constructor.
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@subsection overview_bufferclasses_xcb_destruct Destruction
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It should be noted that on destruction wxCharBuffer and its wide character
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variant delete the c string that hold onto. If you want to get the pointer to
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the buffer and don't want wxCharBuffer to delete it on destruction, use the
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member function release to do so.