byte_view.h

#ifndef CHROMIUM_IPFS_BYTE_VIEW_H
#define CHROMIUM_IPFS_BYTE_VIEW_H
 
#include "byte.h"
#include "span.h"
 
#include <cstdint>
 
namespace ipfs {
using ByteView = span<ipfs::Byte const>;
 
// ByteView is a view over arbitrary opaque byte
// Cast it to a view over 8-bit unsigned integers for inspection
inline span<std::uint8_t const> as_octets(ByteView bytes) {
  return {reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t const*>(bytes.data()), bytes.size()};
}
template <class ContiguousBytes>
inline ByteView as_bytes(ContiguousBytes const& b) {
  auto p = reinterpret_cast<ipfs::Byte const*>(b.data());
  return ByteView{p, b.size()};
}
}  // namespace ipfs
 
#endif  // CHROMIUM_IPFS_BYTE_VIEW_H