Get Opaque Byte Sequence

Convenience Function

Declaration

tibrv_status tibrvMsg_GetOpaque(
   tibrvMsg       message,
   const char*    fieldName,
   const void**   value,
   tibrv_u32*     length);
tibrv_status tibrvMsg_GetOpaqueEx(
   tibrvMsg       message,
   const char*    fieldName,
   const void**   value,
   tibrv_u32*     length,
   tibrv_u16      fieldId);

Purpose

Get the value of a field as an opaque byte sequence.

Remarks

This convenience function retrieves a field and extracts its data.

Since it is not possible to convert any other datatype to an opaque byte sequence, the field must already contain an opaque byte sequence. Otherwise, the function returns TIBRV_CONVERSION_FAILED.

Pointer data extracted from the field remain valid until the message is destroyed; that is, even removing the field or updating the field’s value does not invalidate pointer data.

This function produces values that are read-only snapshots of the field data (see Pointer Snapshot). Programs must not modify the value sequence.

Parameter	Description
message	Get the specified field of this message.
fieldName	Get a field with this name.
length	The program supplies a location in this parameter, and the function stores the length of the opaque byte sequence in that location.
value	The program supplies a location in this parameter, and the function stores a pointer to the field value in that location.
fieldId	Get the field with this identifier. Zero is a special value that signifies no field identifier. All non-zero field identifiers must be unique within each message.

See Also

Validity of Data Extracted From Messages

Field Names and Field Identifiers