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<h1><a name="title$NSData">NSData class reference</a></h1>
<h3>Authors</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Andrew Kachites McCallum (<a href="mailto:mccallum@gnu.ai.mit.edu"><code>mccallum@gnu.ai.mit.edu</code></a>)</dt>
<dd>
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<dt>Richard Frith-Macdonald (<a href="mailto:richard@brainstorm.co.uk"><code>richard@brainstorm.co.uk</code></a>)</dt>
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<p><b>Copyright:</b> (C) 1995-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
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<h3>Contents -</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<a href="#001000000000">Software documentation for the NSData class</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#002000000000">Software documentation for the NSMutableData class</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#003000000000">Software documentation for the
NSData(GNUstepExtensions) category</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#004000000000">Software documentation for the
NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)
category</a>
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Software documentation for the NSData class
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<h2><a name="class$NSData">NSData</a> : <a rel="gsdoc" href="NSObject.html#class$NSObject">NSObject</a></h2>
<blockquote class="declared">
<dl>
<dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
<dd>Foundation/NSData.h</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<dl>
<dt><b>Conforms to:</b></dt>
<dd><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSObject.html#protocol$(NSCoding)">NSCoding</a></dd>
<dd><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSObject.html#protocol$(NSCopying)">NSCopying</a></dd>
<dd><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSObject.html#protocol$(NSMutableCopying)">NSMutableCopying</a></dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
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<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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<div class="desc">
</p>
<p>
<strong>Class</strong> for storing a byte array.
Methods for initializing from memory a file, or the
network are provided, as well as the ability to
write to a file or the network. If desired, object
can take over management of a pre-allocated buffer
(with malloc or similar), free'ing it when
deallocated.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
The data buffer at any given time has a
<em>capacity</em>, which is the size of its allocated
memory area, in bytes, and a <em>length</em>, which
is the length of data it is currently storing.
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<p>
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<b>Method summary</b>
<ul>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)+dataWithSharedBytes$length$">+dataWithSharedBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)+dataWithShmID$length$">+dataWithShmID:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)-deserializeTypeTag$andCrossRef$atCursor$">-deserializeTypeTag:andCrossRef:atCursor:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+data">+data</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithBytes$length$">+dataWithBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithBytesNoCopy$length$">+dataWithBytesNoCopy:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">+dataWithBytesNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithContentsOfFile$">+dataWithContentsOfFile:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithContentsOfMappedFile$">+dataWithContentsOfMappedFile:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithContentsOfURL$">+dataWithContentsOfURL:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData+dataWithData$">+dataWithData:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-base64EncodedDataWithOptions$">-base64EncodedDataWithOptions:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-base64EncodedStringWithOptions$">-base64EncodedStringWithOptions:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-bytes">-bytes</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-description">-description</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeAlignedBytesLengthAtCursor$">-deserializeAlignedBytesLengthAtCursor:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeBytes$length$atCursor$">-deserializeBytes:length:atCursor:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeDataAt$ofObjCType$atCursor$context$">-deserializeDataAt:ofObjCType:atCursor:context:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeIntAtCursor$">-deserializeIntAtCursor:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeIntAtIndex$">-deserializeIntAtIndex:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeInts$count$atCursor$">-deserializeInts:count:atCursor:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-deserializeInts$count$atIndex$">-deserializeInts:count:atIndex:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-getBytes$">-getBytes:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-getBytes$length$">-getBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-getBytes$range$">-getBytes:range:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithBase64EncodedData$options$">-initWithBase64EncodedData:options:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithBase64EncodedString$options$">-initWithBase64EncodedString:options:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithBytes$length$">-initWithBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$deallocator$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:deallocator:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithContentsOfFile$">-initWithContentsOfFile:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithContentsOfMappedFile$">-initWithContentsOfMappedFile:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithContentsOfURL$">-initWithContentsOfURL:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-initWithData$">-initWithData:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-isEqualToData$">-isEqualToData:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-length">-length</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-subdataWithRange$">-subdataWithRange:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-writeToFile$atomically$">-writeToFile:atomically:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-writeToFile$options$error$">-writeToFile:options:error:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-writeToURL$atomically$">-writeToURL:atomically:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData-writeToURL$options$error$">-writeToURL:options:error:</a></li>
</ul>
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<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+data">data </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>data</b>;<br />
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<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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<div class="desc">
Returns an empty data object.
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<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithBytes$length$">dataWithBytes: length: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithBytes:</b> (const void*)bytes<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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<div class="desc">
Returns an autoreleased data object containing data
copied from <var>bytes</var> and with the specified
<var>length</var>. Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithBytes$length$">
-initWithBytes:length:
</a>
</div>
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</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithBytesNoCopy$length$">dataWithBytesNoCopy: length: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithBytesNoCopy:</b> (void*)bytes<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns an autoreleased data object encapsulating
the data at <var>bytes</var> and with the specified
<var>length</var>. Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:</a>
with <code>YES</code>
</div>
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<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">dataWithBytesNoCopy: length: freeWhenDone: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithBytesNoCopy:</b> (void*)aBuffer<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)bufferSize<b> freeWhenDone:</b> (BOOL)shouldFree;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.0.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns an autoreleased data object encapsulating
the data at bytes and with the specified length.
Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:</a>
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<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithContentsOfFile$">dataWithContentsOfFile: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithContentsOfFile:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)path;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns a data object encapsulating the contents of
the specified file. Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithContentsOfFile$">
-initWithContentsOfFile:
</a>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithContentsOfMappedFile$">dataWithContentsOfMappedFile: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithContentsOfMappedFile:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)path;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns a data object encapsulating the contents of
the specified file mapped directly into memory. Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithContentsOfMappedFile$">
-initWithContentsOfMappedFile:
</a>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithContentsOfURL$">dataWithContentsOfURL: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithContentsOfURL:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSURL.html#class$NSURL">NSURL</a>*)url;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.0.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Retrieves the information at the specified
<var>url</var> and returns an NSData instance
encapsulating it.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData+dataWithData$">dataWithData: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithData:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*)data;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns an autoreleased instance initialised by
copying the contents of <var>data</var>.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-base64EncodedDataWithOptions$">base64EncodedDataWithOptions: </a></h3>
- (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*) <b>base64EncodedDataWithOptions:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSDataBase64EncodingOptions">NSDataBase64EncodingOptions</a>)options;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-base64EncodedStringWithOptions$">base64EncodedStringWithOptions: </a></h3>
- (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*) <b>base64EncodedStringWithOptions:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSDataBase64EncodingOptions">NSDataBase64EncodingOptions</a>)options;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-bytes">bytes </a></h3>
- (const void*) <b>bytes</b>;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
Subclasses <strong>must</strong> override this method.<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns a pointer to the data encapsulated by the
receiver.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-description">description </a></h3>
- (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*) <b>description</b>;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns a <strong>short</strong> description of
this object.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeAlignedBytesLengthAtCursor$">deserializeAlignedBytesLengthAtCursor: </a></h3>
- (unsigned int) <b>deserializeAlignedBytesLengthAtCursor:</b> (unsigned int*)cursor;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Copies data from buffer starting from
<var>cursor</var>. <strong>Deprecated</strong>. Use
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-getBytes$">
[-getBytes:]
</a>
and related methods instead.
</div>
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</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeBytes$length$atCursor$">deserializeBytes: length: atCursor: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>deserializeBytes:</b> (void*)buffer<b> length:</b> (unsigned int)bytes<b> atCursor:</b> (unsigned int*)cursor;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Copies data from <var>buffer</var> starting from
<var>cursor</var>. <strong>Deprecated</strong>. Use
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-getBytes$">
[-getBytes:]
</a>
and related methods instead.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeDataAt$ofObjCType$atCursor$context$">deserializeDataAt: ofObjCType: atCursor: context: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>deserializeDataAt:</b> (void*)data<b> ofObjCType:</b> (const char*)type<b> atCursor:</b> (unsigned int*)cursor<b> context:</b> (id<<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSSerialization.html#protocol$(NSObjCTypeSerializationCallBack)">NSObjCTypeSerializationCallBack</a>>)callback;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeIntAtCursor$">deserializeIntAtCursor: </a></h3>
- (int) <b>deserializeIntAtCursor:</b> (unsigned int*)cursor;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Retrieve an <strong>int</strong> from this data,
which is assumed to be in network (big-endian) byte
order. Cursor refers to byte position.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeIntAtIndex$">deserializeIntAtIndex: </a></h3>
- (int) <b>deserializeIntAtIndex:</b> (unsigned int)index;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Retrieve an <strong>int</strong> from this data,
which is assumed to be in network (big-endian) byte
order. Index refers to byte position.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeInts$count$atCursor$">deserializeInts: count: atCursor: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>deserializeInts:</b> (int*)intBuffer<b> count:</b> (unsigned int)numInts<b> atCursor:</b> (unsigned int*)cursor;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Retrieve ints from <var>intBuffer</var>, which is
assumed to be in network (big-endian) byte order.
Count refers to number of ints, but index refers to
byte position.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-deserializeInts$count$atIndex$">deserializeInts: count: atIndex: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>deserializeInts:</b> (int*)intBuffer<b> count:</b> (unsigned int)numInts<b> atIndex:</b> (unsigned int)index;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Retrieve ints from <var>intBuffer</var>, which is
assumed to be in network (big-endian) byte order.
Count refers to number of ints, but <var>index</var>
refers to byte position.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-getBytes$">getBytes: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>getBytes:</b> (void*)buffer;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Copies the contents of the memory encapsulated by
the receiver into the specified <var>buffer</var>. The
<var>buffer</var> must be large enough to contain
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-length">
-length
</a>
bytes of data... if it isn't then a crash is likely
to occur. <br /> Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-getBytes$range$">
-getBytes:range:
</a>
with the range set to the whole of the receiver.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-getBytes$length$">getBytes: length: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>getBytes:</b> (void*)buffer<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Copies <var>length</var> bytes of data from the
memory encapsulated by the receiver into the
specified <var>buffer</var>. The
<var>buffer</var> must be large enough to contain
<var>length</var> bytes of data... if it isn't then a
crash is likely to occur. <br /> If <var>length</var>
is greater than the size of the receiver, only the
available bytes are copied.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-getBytes$range$">getBytes: range: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>getBytes:</b> (void*)buffer<b> range:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSRange">NSRange</a>)aRange;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Copies data from the memory encapsulated by the
receiver (in the range specified by
<var>aRange</var>) into the specified
<var>buffer</var>. <br /> The <var>buffer</var> must
be large enough to contain the data... if it isn't then
a crash is likely to occur. <br /> If <var>aRange</var>
specifies a range which does not entirely lie
within the receiver, an exception is raised.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithBase64EncodedData$options$">initWithBase64EncodedData: options: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithBase64EncodedData:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*)base64Data<b> options:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSDataBase64DecodingOptions">NSDataBase64DecodingOptions</a>)options;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithBase64EncodedString$options$">initWithBase64EncodedString: options: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithBase64EncodedString:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)base64String<b> options:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSDataBase64DecodingOptions">NSDataBase64DecodingOptions</a>)options;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithBytes$length$">initWithBytes: length: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithBytes:</b> (const void*)aBuffer<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)bufferSize;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Makes a copy of <var>bufferSize</var> bytes of data
at <var>aBuffer</var>, and passes it to
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:</a>
with a <code>YES</code> argument in order to initialise the receiver. Returns the result.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$">initWithBytesNoCopy: length: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithBytesNoCopy:</b> (void*)aBuffer<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)bufferSize;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Invokes
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">-initWithBytesNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:</a>
with the last argument set to <code>YES</code>. Returns the resulting initialised data object (which may not be the receiver).
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$deallocator$">initWithBytesNoCopy: length: deallocator: </a></h3>
- (instancetype) <b>initWithBytesNoCopy:</b> (void*)bytes<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length<b> deallocator:</b> (GSDataDeallocatorBlock)deallocator;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
Subclasses <strong>must</strong> override this method.<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialize the receiver to hold memory pointed
to by <var>bytes</var> without copying. When the
receiver is deallocated, the memory will be freed
using the user supplied deallocBlock. Note that
passing a block that (either directly or
indirectly) holds a strong reference the
receiver will cause a retain cycle.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithBytesNoCopy$length$freeWhenDone$">initWithBytesNoCopy: length: freeWhenDone: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithBytesNoCopy:</b> (void*)aBuffer<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)bufferSize<b> freeWhenDone:</b> (BOOL)shouldFree;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.0.0</div>
<br />
This is a designated initialiser for the class.<br />
Subclasses <strong>must</strong> override this method.<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialises the receiver. <br /> The value of
<var>aBuffer</var> is a pointer to something to be
stored. <br /> The value of <var>bufferSize</var>
is the number of bytes to use. <br /> The value of
<var>shouldFree</var> specifies whether the receiver
should attempt to free the memory pointer to by
<var>aBuffer</var> when the receiver is deallocated
... ie. it says whether the receiver <em>owns</em> the
memory. Supplying the wrong value here will lead to
memory leaks or crashes.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithContentsOfFile$">initWithContentsOfFile: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithContentsOfFile:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)path;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialises the receiver with the contents of
the specified file. <br /> Returns the resulting
object. <br /> Returns <code>nil</code> if the file
does not exist or can not be read for some reason.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithContentsOfMappedFile$">initWithContentsOfMappedFile: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithContentsOfMappedFile:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)path;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialize with data pointing to contents of
file at <var>path</var>. Bytes are only "swapped in"
as needed. File should not be moved or deleted for the
life of this object.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithContentsOfURL$">initWithContentsOfURL: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithContentsOfURL:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSURL.html#class$NSURL">NSURL</a>*)url;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.0.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialize with data pointing to contents of
URL, which will be retrieved immediately in a blocking
manner.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-initWithData$">initWithData: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithData:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*)data;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Initializes by copying data's bytes into a new
buffer.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-isEqualToData$">isEqualToData: </a></h3>
- (BOOL) <b>isEqualToData:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*)other;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns a boolean value indicating if the receiver
and <var>other</var> contain identical data (using a
byte by byte comparison). Assumes that the
<var>other</var> object is an NSData instance... may
raise an exception if it isn't.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-length">length </a></h3>
- (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>) <b>length</b>;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
Subclasses <strong>must</strong> override this method.<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns the number of bytes of data encapsulated by
the receiver.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-subdataWithRange$">subdataWithRange: </a></h3>
- (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*) <b>subdataWithRange:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSRange">NSRange</a>)aRange;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns an NSData instance encapsulating the memory
from the receiver specified by the range
<var>aRange</var>. <br /> If <var>aRange</var>
specifies a range which does not entirely lie
within the receiver, an exception is raised.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-writeToFile$atomically$">writeToFile: atomically: </a></h3>
- (BOOL) <b>writeToFile:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)path<b> atomically:</b> (BOOL)useAuxiliaryFile;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
</p>
<p>
Writes a copy of the data encapsulated by the
receiver to a file at <var>path</var>. If the
<var>useAuxiliaryFile</var> flag is
<code>YES</code>, this writes to a temporary file
and then renames that to the file at <var>path</var>,
thus ensuring that <var>path</var> exists and does
not contain partially written data at any point.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
On success returns <code>YES</code>, on failure
returns <code>NO</code>.
</p>
<p>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-writeToFile$options$error$">writeToFile: options: error: </a></h3>
- (BOOL) <b>writeToFile:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSString.html#class$NSString">NSString</a>*)path<b> options:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)writeOptionsMask<b> error:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSError.html#class$NSError">NSError</a>**)errorPtr;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.4.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
</p>
<p>
Writes a copy of the data encapsulated by the
receiver to a file at <var>path</var>. If the
NSDataWritingAtomic option is set,
this writes to a temporary file and then renames
that to the file at <var>path</var>, thus ensuring
that <var>path</var> exists and does not contain
partially written data at any point.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
On success returns <code>YES</code>, on failure
returns <code>NO</code>.
</p>
<p>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-writeToURL$atomically$">writeToURL: atomically: </a></h3>
- (BOOL) <b>writeToURL:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSURL.html#class$NSURL">NSURL</a>*)anURL<b> atomically:</b> (BOOL)flag;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.0.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Writes a copy of the contents of the receiver to the
specified URL.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData-writeToURL$options$error$">writeToURL: options: error: </a></h3>
- (BOOL) <b>writeToURL:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSURL.html#class$NSURL">NSURL</a>*)url<b> options:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)writeOptionsMask<b> error:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSError.html#class$NSError">NSError</a>**)errorPtr;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.4.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Writes a copy of the contents of the receiver to the
specified URL.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<h1><a name="002000000000">
Software documentation for the NSMutableData class
</a></h1>
<h2><a name="class$NSMutableData">NSMutableData</a> : <a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a></h2>
<blockquote class="declared">
<dl>
<dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
<dd>Foundation/NSData.h</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Mutable version of
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>
. Methods are provided for appending and replacing bytes
in the buffer, which will be grown as needed.
</div>
<b>Method summary</b>
<ul>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-capacity">-capacity</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-serializeTypeTag$">-serializeTypeTag:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-serializeTypeTag$andCrossRef$">-serializeTypeTag:andCrossRef:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-setCapacity$">-setCapacity:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-shmID">-shmID</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData+dataWithCapacity$">+dataWithCapacity:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData+dataWithLength$">+dataWithLength:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-appendBytes$length$">-appendBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-appendData$">-appendData:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-increaseLengthBy$">-increaseLengthBy:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-initWithCapacity$">-initWithCapacity:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-initWithLength$">-initWithLength:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-mutableBytes">-mutableBytes</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-replaceBytesInRange$withBytes$">-replaceBytesInRange:withBytes:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-replaceBytesInRange$withBytes$length$">-replaceBytesInRange:withBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-resetBytesInRange$">-resetBytesInRange:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-serializeAlignedBytesLength$">-serializeAlignedBytesLength:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-serializeDataAt$ofObjCType$context$">-serializeDataAt:ofObjCType:context:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-serializeInt$">-serializeInt:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-serializeInt$atIndex$">-serializeInt:atIndex:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-serializeInts$count$">-serializeInts:count:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-serializeInts$count$atIndex$">-serializeInts:count:atIndex:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-setData$">-setData:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData-setLength$">-setLength:</a></li>
</ul>
<hr width="50%" align="left" />
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData+dataWithCapacity$">dataWithCapacity: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithCapacity:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)numBytes;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
New instance with buffer of given <var>numBytes</var>
with length of valid data set to zero. Note that
capacity will be automatically increased as
necessary.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData+dataWithLength$">dataWithLength: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithLength:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
New instance with buffer of capacity and valid data
size equal to given <var>length</var> in bytes. The
buffer contents are set to zero. The
<var>length</var> of valid data is set to zero. Note
that buffer will be automatically increased as
necessary.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-appendBytes$length$">appendBytes: length: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>appendBytes:</b> (const void*)aBuffer<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)bufferSize;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Appends <var>bufferSize</var> bytes from
<var>aBuffer</var> to data, increasing capacity if
necessary.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-appendData$">appendData: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>appendData:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*)other;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Copies and appends data from <var>other</var> to
data, increasing capacity if necessary.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-increaseLengthBy$">increaseLengthBy: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>increaseLengthBy:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)extraLength;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Increases buffer length by given number of bytes,
filling the new space with zeros.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-initWithCapacity$">initWithCapacity: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithCapacity:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)capacity;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
This is a designated initialiser for the class.<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialize with buffer capable of holding size
bytes. The length of valid data is initially set to
zero.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-initWithLength$">initWithLength: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>initWithLength:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Initialize with buffer of capacity equal to
<var>length</var>, and with the <var>length</var> of
valid data set to <var>length</var>. Data is set to
zero.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-mutableBytes">mutableBytes </a></h3>
- (void*) <b>mutableBytes</b>;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
</p>
<p>
Returns a pointer to the data storage of the
receiver. <br /> Modifications to the memory
pointed to by this pointer will change the
contents of the object. It is important that
your code should not try to modify the memory beyond
the number of bytes given by the
<code>
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSData-length">
-length
</a>
</code>
method.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
NB. if the object is released, or any method that
changes its size or content is called, then the
pointer previously returned by this method may
cease to be valid.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
This is a 'primitive' method... you need to
implement it if you write a subclass of
NSMutableData.
</p>
<p>
</div>
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</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-replaceBytesInRange$withBytes$">replaceBytesInRange: withBytes: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>replaceBytesInRange:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSRange">NSRange</a>)aRange<b> withBytes:</b> (const void*)bytes;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Replaces the <var>bytes</var> of data in the
specified range with a copy of the new
<var>bytes</var> supplied. <br /> If the location of
the range specified lies beyond the end of the data (
<code>[self length] < range.location</code>) then
a range exception is raised. <br /> Otherwise, if the
range specified extends beyond the end of the data,
then the size of the data is increased to accommodate
the new <var>bytes</var>. <br />
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-replaceBytesInRange$withBytes$length$">replaceBytesInRange: withBytes: length: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>replaceBytesInRange:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSRange">NSRange</a>)aRange<b> withBytes:</b> (const void*)bytes<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> MacOS-X 10.0.0</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Replace the content of the receiver which lies in
<var>aRange</var> with the specified
<var>length</var> of data from the buffer pointed to
by <var>bytes</var>. <br /> The size of the receiver is
adjusted to allow for the change.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-resetBytesInRange$">resetBytesInRange: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>resetBytesInRange:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSRange">NSRange</a>)aRange;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Set bytes in <var>aRange</var> to 0.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-serializeAlignedBytesLength$">serializeAlignedBytesLength: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeAlignedBytesLength:</b> (unsigned int)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Does not act as the name suggests. Instead, serializes
<var>length</var> itself as an <strong>int</strong>
into buffer.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-serializeDataAt$ofObjCType$context$">serializeDataAt: ofObjCType: context: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeDataAt:</b> (const void*)data<b> ofObjCType:</b> (const char*)type<b> context:</b> (id<<a rel="gsdoc" href="NSSerialization.html#protocol$(NSObjCTypeSerializationCallBack)">NSObjCTypeSerializationCallBack</a>>)callback;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-serializeInt$">serializeInt: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeInt:</b> (int)value;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Serialize an <strong>int</strong> into this
object's data buffer, swapping it to network
(big-endian) byte order first.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-serializeInt$atIndex$">serializeInt: atIndex: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeInt:</b> (int)value<b> atIndex:</b> (unsigned int)index;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Serialize an <strong>int</strong> into this
object's data buffer at <var>index</var>
(replacing anything there currently), swapping
it to network (big-endian) byte order first.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-serializeInts$count$">serializeInts: count: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeInts:</b> (int*)intBuffer<b> count:</b> (unsigned int)numInts;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Serialize one or more ints into this object's
data buffer, swapping them to network (big-endian)
byte order first.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-serializeInts$count$atIndex$">serializeInts: count: atIndex: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeInts:</b> (int*)intBuffer<b> count:</b> (unsigned int)numInts<b> atIndex:</b> (unsigned int)index;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Serialize one or more ints into this object's
data buffer at <var>index</var> (replacing anything
there currently), swapping them to network
(big-endian) byte order first.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-setData$">setData: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>setData:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>*)data;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Replaces contents of buffer with contents of
data's buffer, increasing or shrinking capacity to
match.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData-setLength$">setLength: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>setLength:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)size;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
</p>
<p>
Sets the length of the NSMutableData object. If the
length is increased, the newly allocated data area
is filled with zero bytes.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
This is a 'primitive' method... you need to
implement it if you write a subclass of
NSMutableData.
</p>
<p>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<h1><a name="003000000000">
Software documentation for the
NSData(GNUstepExtensions) category
</a></h1>
<h2><a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>(<a name="category$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)">GNUstepExtensions</a>)</h2>
<blockquote class="declared">
<dl>
<dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
<dd>Foundation/NSData.h</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Provides some shared-memory extensions to
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>
.
</div>
<b>Method summary</b>
<ul>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)+dataWithSharedBytes$length$">+dataWithSharedBytes:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)+dataWithShmID$length$">+dataWithShmID:length:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)-deserializeTypeTag$andCrossRef$atCursor$">-deserializeTypeTag:andCrossRef:atCursor:</a></li>
</ul>
<hr width="50%" align="left" />
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)+dataWithSharedBytes$length$">dataWithSharedBytes: length: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithSharedBytes:</b> (const void*)bytes<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
New instance with given <var>bytes</var> in shared
memory.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)+dataWithShmID$length$">dataWithShmID: length: </a></h3>
+ (id) <b>dataWithShmID:</b> (int)anID<b> length:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)length;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
New instance with given shared memory ID.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSData(GNUstepExtensions)-deserializeTypeTag$andCrossRef$atCursor$">deserializeTypeTag: andCrossRef: atCursor: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>deserializeTypeTag:</b> (unsigned char*)tag<b> andCrossRef:</b> (unsigned int*)ref<b> atCursor:</b> (unsigned int*)cursor;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<h1><a name="004000000000">
Software documentation for the
NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)
category
</a></h1>
<h2><a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSMutableData">NSMutableData</a>(<a name="category$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)">GNUstepExtensions</a>)</h2>
<blockquote class="declared">
<dl>
<dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
<dd>Foundation/NSData.h</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Provides some additional methods to
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$NSData">NSData</a>
.
</div>
<b>Method summary</b>
<ul>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-capacity">-capacity</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-serializeTypeTag$">-serializeTypeTag:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-serializeTypeTag$andCrossRef$">-serializeTypeTag:andCrossRef:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-setCapacity$">-setCapacity:</a></li>
<li><a rel="gsdoc" href="NSData.html#method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-shmID">-shmID</a></li>
</ul>
<hr width="50%" align="left" />
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-capacity">capacity </a></h3>
- (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>) <b>capacity</b>;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Returns current capacity of data buffer.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-serializeTypeTag$">serializeTypeTag: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeTypeTag:</b> (unsigned char)tag;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-serializeTypeTag$andCrossRef$">serializeTypeTag: andCrossRef: </a></h3>
- (void) <b>serializeTypeTag:</b> (unsigned char)tag<b> andCrossRef:</b> (unsigned int)xref;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
<em>Description forthcoming.</em>
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-setCapacity$">setCapacity: </a></h3>
- (id) <b>setCapacity:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="TypesAndConstants.html#type$NSUInteger">NSUInteger</a>)newCapacity;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Sets current capacity of data buffer. Unlike
<a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$NSMutableData-setLength$">
-setLength:
</a>
, this will shrink the buffer if requested.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
<h3><a name="method$NSMutableData(GNUstepExtensions)-shmID">shmID </a></h3>
- (int) <b>shmID</b>;<br />
<div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X</div>
<br />
<div class="desc">
Return shared memory ID, if using one, else -1.
</div>
<hr width="25%" align="left" />
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