CkBinData C++ Reference Documentation

CkBinData

Current Version: 10.1.0

Container for binary data. Provides methods for getting, setting, appending, etc. in binary and string encoded formats.

Object Creation

// Local variable on the stack
CkBinData obj;

// Dynamically allocate/delete
CkBinData *pObj = new CkBinData();
// ...
delete pObj;

Properties

LastMethodSuccess
bool get_LastMethodSuccess(void);
void put_LastMethodSuccess(bool newVal);

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of true indicates success, a value of false indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:

  • Any method that returns a string.
  • Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
  • Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = true and failure = false.
  • Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.

Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to true. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

top
NumBytes
int get_NumBytes(void);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

The number of bytes contained within the object.

top
Utf8
bool get_Utf8(void);
void put_Utf8(bool newVal);

When set to true, all "const char *" arguments are interpreted as utf-8 strings. If set to false (the default), then "const char *" arguments are interpreted as ANSI strings. Also, when set to true, and Chilkat method returning a "const char *" is returning the utf-8 representation. If set to false, all "const char *" return values are ANSI strings.

top

Methods

AppendBd
bool AppendBd(CkBinData &binData);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Appends the contents of another BinData to this object.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendBinary
bool AppendBinary(CkByteData &data);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Appends binary data to the current contents, if any.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendBinary2
bool AppendBinary2(const void *pByteData, unsigned long szByteData);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.82

Appends binary data to the current contents, if any.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendBom
bool AppendBom(const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Appends the appropriate BOM (byte order mark), also known as a "preamble", for the given charset. If the charset has no defined BOM, then nothing is appended. An application would typically call this to append the utf-8, utf-16, or utf-32 BOM.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
AppendByte
bool AppendByte(int byteValue);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Appends a single byte. The byteValue should be a value from 0 to 255.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendCountedString
bool AppendCountedString(int numCountBytes, bool bigEndian, const char *str, const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.91

Appends a byte count followed by the string in the desired character encoding, such as "utf-8". The numCountBytes is the size in bytes of the integer to represent the byte count. If 0, then a minimal number of bytes is used. If bigEndian is true, the byte count is appended in big endian byte ordering, otherwise little-ending byte ordering. The str is the string to be appended. The charset is the character encoding, such as "utf-8", "utf-16", "windows-1252", etc.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendEncoded
bool AppendEncoded(const char *encData, const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Appends encoded binary data to the current data. The encoding may be "Base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "Base32", "Base58", "QP" (for quoted-printable), "URL" (for url-encoding), "Hex", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendEncodedSb
bool AppendEncodedSb(CkStringBuilder &sb, const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Decodes the contents of sb and appends the decoded bytes to this object. The encoding may be "Base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "Base32", "Base58", "QP" (for quoted-printable), "URL" (for url-encoding), "Hex", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendInt2
bool AppendInt2(int value, bool littleEndian);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Appends a 16-bit integer (2 bytes). If littleEndian is true, then the integer bytes are appended in little-endian byte order, otherwise big-endian byte order is used.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
AppendInt4
bool AppendInt4(int value, bool littleEndian);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Appends a 32-bit integer (4 bytes). If littleEndian is true, then the integer bytes are appended in little-endian byte order, otherwise big-endian byte order is used.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
AppendPadded
bool AppendPadded(const char *str, const char *charset, bool padWithSpace, int fieldLen);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.80

Appends a string to this object, padded to the fieldLen with NULL or SPACE chars. If padWithSpace is true, then SPACE chars are used and the string is not null-terminated. If fieldLen is false, then null bytes are used. The charset controls the byte representation to use, such as "utf-8".

Note: This call will always append a total number of bytes equal to fieldLen. If the str is longer than fieldLen, the method returns false to indicate failure and nothing is appended.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
AppendSb
bool AppendSb(CkStringBuilder &sb, const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Appends the contents of a StringBuilder to this object.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
AppendString
bool AppendString(const char *str, const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Appends a string to this object. (This does not append the BOM. If a BOM is required, the AppendBom method can be called to append the appropriate BOM.)

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
Clear
bool Clear(void);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Clears the contents.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
ContentsEqual
bool ContentsEqual(CkBinData &binData);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Return true if the contents of this object equals the contents of binData.

top
FindString
int FindString(const char *str, int startIdx, const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.85

Return the index where the first occurrence of str is found. Return -1 if not found. The startIdx indicates the byte index where the search begins. The charset specifies the byte representation of str that is to be searched. For example, it can be "utf-8", "windows-1252", "ansi", "utf-16", etc.

top
GetBinary
bool GetBinary(CkByteData &outBytes);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Retrieves the binary data contained within the object.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetBinaryChunk
bool GetBinaryChunk(int offset, int numBytes, CkByteData &outBytes);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Retrieves a chunk of the binary data contained within the object.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetByte
int GetByte(int index);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.92

Returns the value of the byte at the given index. The returned value is an integer from 0 to 255.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetBytesPtr
const void *GetBytesPtr(void);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.80

Returns a pointer to the internal buffer. Be careful with this method because if additional data is appended, the data within the object may be relocated and the pointer may cease to be valid.

top
GetEncoded
bool GetEncoded(const char *encoding, CkString &outStr);
const char *getEncoded(const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Retrieves the binary data as an encoded string. The encoding may be "Base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "Base32", "Base58", "QP" (for quoted-printable), "URL" (for url-encoding), "Hex", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetEncodedChunk
bool GetEncodedChunk(int offset, int numBytes, const char *encoding, CkString &outStr);
const char *getEncodedChunk(int offset, int numBytes, const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Retrieves a chunk of the binary data and returns it in encoded form. The encoding may be "Base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "Base32", "Base58", "QP" (for quoted-printable), "URL" (for url-encoding), "Hex", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
GetEncodedSb
bool GetEncodedSb(const char *encoding, CkStringBuilder &sb);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.64

Writes the encoded data to a StringBuilder. The encoding may be "Base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "Base32", "Base58", "QP" (for quoted-printable), "URL" (for url-encoding), "Hex", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetHash
bool GetHash(const char *algorithm, const char *encoding, CkString &outStr);
const char *getHash(const char *algorithm, const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.91

Returns the hash of the contents of this object. The algorithm is the hash algorithm, and can be "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "sha3-224", "sha3-256", "sha3-384", "sha3-512", "md2", "md5", "ripemd128", "ripemd160","ripemd256", or "ripemd320". The encoding can be "base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "base32", "base58", "qp" (for quoted-printable), "url" (for url-encoding), "hex", "hexLower", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetInt2
int GetInt2(int index, bool littleEndian);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.88

Returns the value of the 16-bit signed integer stored in big-endian or little-endian byte ordering at the given index.

top
GetInt4
int GetInt4(int index, bool littleEndian);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.88

Returns the value of the 32-bit signed integer stored in big-endian or little-endian byte ordering at the given index.

top
GetString
bool GetString(const char *charset, CkString &outStr);
const char *getString(const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.67

Interprets the bytes according to charset and returns the string. The charset can be "utf-8", "utf-16", "ansi", "iso-8859-*", "windows-125*", or any of the supported character encodings listed in the link below.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

More Information and Examples
top
GetTextChunk
bool GetTextChunk(int startIdx, int numBytes, const char *charset, CkString &outStr);
const char *getTextChunk(int startIdx, int numBytes, const char *charset);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.85

Returns numBytes bytes starting at startIdx. The bytes are interpreted according to charset (for example, "utf-8", "ansi", "utf-16", "windows-1252", etc.)

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
GetUInt2
unsigned long GetUInt2(int index, bool littleEndian);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.88

Returns the value of the 16-bit unsigned integer stored in big-endian or little-endian byte ordering at the given index.

top
GetUInt4
unsigned long GetUInt4(int index, bool littleEndian);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.88

Returns the value of the 32-bit unsigned integer stored in big-endian or little-endian byte ordering at the given index.

top
IsValidUtf8
bool IsValidUtf8(void);
Introduced in version 10.1.0

Returns true if this object contains valid utf-8 byte sequences. Any invalid byte sequence that is not valid utf-8 will cause this function to return false.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
LoadBinary
bool LoadBinary(CkByteData &data);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Loads binary data and replaces the current contents, if any.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
LoadBinary2
bool LoadBinary2(const void *pByteData, unsigned long szByteData);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.82

Loads binary data and replaces the current contents, if any.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
LoadEncoded
bool LoadEncoded(const char *encData, const char *encoding);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Loads binary data from an encoded string, replacing the current contents, if any. The encoding may be "Base64", "modBase64", "base64Url", "Base32", "Base58", "QP" (for quoted-printable), "URL" (for url-encoding), "Hex", or any of the encodings found at Chilkat Binary Encodings List.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
LoadFile
bool LoadFile(const char *path);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Loads data from a file.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
RemoveByteVal
void RemoveByteVal(int value);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.90

Removes bytes having a specified value (0-255). For example, to remove all null bytes, pass 0 in value.

top
RemoveChunk
bool RemoveChunk(int offset, int numBytes);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.51

Removes a chunk of bytes from the binary data.

More Information and Examples
top
SecureClear
bool SecureClear(void);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.67

Securely clears the contents by writing 0 bytes to the memory prior to deallocating the internal memory.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
WriteAppendFile
bool WriteAppendFile(const char *path);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.91

Appends the contents of this object to a file.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top
WriteFile
bool WriteFile(const char *path);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.62

Writes the contents to a file.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

top