[BASICOBJ] Added a convenience function

Added a function to add a string to the buffer.
Allows adding const strings to the buffer.
This solution eliminates all the hassle of type casting
that was needed before.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h b/common/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h
index 002e8b6..4d02321 100644
--- a/common/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h
+++ b/common/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ int simplebuffer_add_raw(struct simplebuffer *data,
                          uint32_t len,
                          uint32_t block);
 
+
+/* Function to add string to the buffer.
+ * Same as above just uses string as an argument.
+ */
+int simplebuffer_add_str(struct simplebuffer *data,
+                         const char *str,
+                         uint32_t len,
+                         uint32_t block);
+
 /* Finction to add CR to the buffer */
 int simplebuffer_add_cr(struct simplebuffer *data);