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| -rw-r--r-- | THANKS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ace/Message_Block.h | 16 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ Chris Leishman <chris_leishman@freeonline.com.au> Klemen Zagar <klemen.zagar@irj.si> Rick Ohnemus <rjohnemus@systemware-inc.com> Adamo, Vince <adamo@vignette.com> +Defang Zhou <dzhou@zoo.uvm.edu> I would particularly like to thank Paul Stephenson, who worked with me at Ericsson. Paul devised the recursive Makefile scheme that diff --git a/ace/Message_Block.h b/ace/Message_Block.h index ea520e5b157..a6b750c212c 100644 --- a/ace/Message_Block.h +++ b/ace/Message_Block.h @@ -361,12 +361,22 @@ public: // top-level <Message_Block>. // = <ACE_Data_Block> methods. + ACE_Data_Block *data_block (void) const; - // Get the data block. + // Get a pointer to the data block. Note that the <ACE_Message_Block> + // still references the block; this call does not change the reference + // count. + void data_block (ACE_Data_Block *); - // Set the data block (releasing the original one). + // Set a new data block pointer. The original <ACE_Data_Block> is released + // as a result of this call. If you need to keep the original block, call + // <replace_data_block> instead. Upon return, this <ACE_Message_Block> + // holds a pointer to the new <ACE_Data_Block>, taking over the reference + // you held on it prior to the call. + ACE_Data_Block *replace_data_block (ACE_Data_Block*); - // Set the data block (returning the original one). + // Set a new data block pointer. A pointer to the original <ACE_Data_Block> + // is returned, and not released (as it is with <data_block>). // = The continuation field chains together composite messages. ACE_Message_Block *cont (void) const; |