| -api-id | -api-type |
|---|---|
T:Windows.Storage.Streams.IBuffer |
winrt interface |
Represents a referenced array of bytes used by byte stream read and write interfaces. Buffer is the class implementation of this interface.
This interface is used for resizing the buffer while preserving the contents. If your C++/WinRT class implements IBuffer and does not need or support resizing, you should throw hresult_not_implemented.
For more info, see Create, write, and read a file, which shows how to read and write bytes to a file by using a Buffer.
WriteableBitmap.PixelBuffer is an example of a property that returns an IBuffer that can't be written to directly. See that topic for a language-specific code example showing to write to the underlying pixel content in the buffer.
Note
Extension functions exist on the C++/WinRT projection types for certain Windows Runtime APIs. For example, winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncAction is the C++/WinRT projection type for IAsyncAction. The extension functions aren't part of the application binary interface (ABI) surface of the actual Windows Runtime types, so they're not listed as members of the Windows Runtime APIs. But you can call them from within any C++/WinRT project. See C++/WinRT functions that extend Windows Runtime APIs.
uint8_t* data() const;
Returns a pointer to the data held inside the buffer.
This code example shows how to retrieve a string from an IBuffer of UTF-8 bytes.
public string RetrieveStringFromUtf8IBuffer(Windows.Storage.Streams.IBuffer theBuffer)
{
using (var dataReader = Windows.Storage.Streams.DataReader.FromBuffer(theBuffer))
{
dataReader.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf8;
return dataReader.ReadString(theBuffer.Length);
}
}Create, write, and read a file, Buffer class, WriteableBitmap.PixelBuffer