Operator Reference
create_serialized_item_ptr (Operator)
create_serialized_item_ptr
— Create a serialized item.
Warning
It is not recommended to use the operator
create_serialized_item_ptr
in HDevelop.
Signature
create_serialized_item_ptr( : : Pointer, Size, Copy : SerializedItemHandle)
Description
create_serialized_item_ptr
creates a serialized item
and returns the handle SerializedItemHandle
(see
fwrite_serialized_item
for an introduction of the basics of
serialization). The data pointer, i.e., the beginning of the
serialized item, is passed by the parameter Pointer
.
The size of the serialized item in bytes is passed by parameter
Size
. The behavior of the operator is controlled by the
parameter Copy
. If Copy
is set to 'true' ,
a new serialized item is created and the values of the existing
serialized item are copied. If Copy
is set to
'false' , only the data pointer of the input serialized item
is stored, i.e., the actual data are not copied, which leads to shorter
execution times.
Attention
If the parameter Copy
is set to 'false' , the data
pointer of the serialized item must not be deleted during using the
new serialized item.
Execution Information
- Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
- Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
- Processed without parallelization.
This operator returns a handle. Note that the state of an instance of this handle type may be changed by specific operators even though the handle is used as an input parameter by those operators.
Parameters
Pointer
(input_control) pointer →
(integer)
Data pointer of the serialized item.
Size
(input_control) integer →
(integer)
Size of the serialized item.
Copy
(input_control) string →
(string)
Copy mode of the serialized item.
Default: 'true'
List of values: 'false' , 'true'
SerializedItemHandle
(output_control) serialized_item →
(handle)
Handle of the serialized item.
Result
If the parameters are valid, the operator
create_serialized_item_ptr
returns the value 2 (
H_MSG_TRUE)
. If
necessary, an exception is raised.
Possible Successors
Module
Foundation