/*
 *------------------------------------------------------------------
 * api_types.h
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 */

static inline int
vl_api_to_api_string (u32 len, const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str)
{
  clib_memcpy_fast(str->buf, buf, len);
  str->length = htonl (len);
  return len + sizeof (u32);
}

static inline int
vl_api_vec_to_api_string (const u8 *vec, vl_api_string_t * str)
{
  u32 len = vec_len(vec);
  clib_memcpy(str->buf, vec, len);
  str->length = htonl (len);
  return len + sizeof (u32);
}

/* Return a pointer to the API string (not nul terminated */
static inline u8 *
vl_api_from_api_string (vl_api_string_t * astr)
{
  return astr->buf;
}

static inline u32
vl_api_string_len (vl_api_string_t * astr)
{
  return ntohl (astr->length);
}

/*
 * Returns a new vector. Remember to free it after use.
 */
static inline u8 *
vl_api_from_api_to_vec (vl_api_string_t *astr)
{
  u8 *v = 0;
  vec_add(v, astr->buf, ntohl(astr->length));
  return v;
}