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.

3 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/basicobjects/simplebuffer.c b/basicobjects/simplebuffer.c
index 8ddc628..b47d6b6 100644
--- a/basicobjects/simplebuffer.c
+++ b/basicobjects/simplebuffer.c
@@ -133,6 +133,34 @@ int simplebuffer_add_raw(struct simplebuffer *data,
     return error;
 }
 
+/* Function to add string to the end of the buffer. */
+int simplebuffer_add_str(struct simplebuffer *data,
+                         const char *str,
+                         uint32_t len,
+                         uint32_t block)
+{
+
+    int error = EOK;
+    uint32_t size;
+
+    TRACE_FLOW_ENTRY();
+
+    size = len + 1;
+    error = simplebuffer_grow(data, size,
+                             ((block > size) ? block : size));
+    if (error) {
+        TRACE_ERROR_NUMBER("Failed to grow buffer.", error);
+        return error;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(data->buffer + data->length, str, len);
+    data->length += len;
+    data->buffer[data->length] = '\0';
+
+    TRACE_FLOW_EXIT();
+    return error;
+}
+
 /* Finction to add CR to the buffer */
 int simplebuffer_add_cr(struct simplebuffer *data)
 {
diff --git a/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h b/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h
index 002e8b6..4d02321 100644
--- a/basicobjects/simplebuffer.h
+++ b/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);
 
diff --git a/basicobjects/simplebuffer_ut.c b/basicobjects/simplebuffer_ut.c
index f94a1c0..61272da 100644
--- a/basicobjects/simplebuffer_ut.c
+++ b/basicobjects/simplebuffer_ut.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int simple_test(void)
     struct simplebuffer *data = NULL;
     char str1[] = "test string 1";
     char str2[] = "test string 2";
+    const char str3[] = "test string 3";
     uint32_t left = 0;
     int i;
     const unsigned char *buf;
@@ -82,6 +83,23 @@ int simple_test(void)
         return error;
     }
 
+    error = simplebuffer_add_cr(data);
+    if (error) {
+        printf("Failed to add CR to an object %d\n", error);
+        simplebuffer_free(data);
+        return error;
+    }
+
+    error = simplebuffer_add_str(data,
+                                 str3,
+                                 strlen(str3),
+                                 1);
+    if (error) {
+        printf("Failed to add string to an object %d\n", error);
+        simplebuffer_free(data);
+        return error;
+    }
+
 	left = simplebuffer_get_len(data);
     buf = simplebuffer_get_buf(data);