srl->cursor = buffer + used;
}
+/* returns 'size' on success, or remainging space if it was insufficient */
int serial_put(serializer_t *srl, const void *item, int size)
{
int left = srl->bufsize - (srl->cursor - srl->buffer);
return size;
}
-int serial_get(serializer_t *srl, void *item, int bufsize)
+/* return 0 on success, -1 on wrong encoding (item longer than space left) */
+int serial_get(serializer_t *srl, void **item, int *size)
{
int left = srl->bufsize - (srl->cursor - srl->buffer);
short isize = *((short *)srl->cursor);
- if (isize > bufsize) return isize;
if (isize + sizeof(short) > left) return -1;
srl->cursor += sizeof(short);
- if (isize) memcpy(item, srl->cursor, isize);
+ *item = srl->cursor;
+ *size = isize;
srl->cursor += isize;
- return isize;
+ return 0;
}
int serial_size(serializer_t *srl)