Type Definition ion_c_sys::ION_STRING[][src]

type ION_STRING = _ion_string;
Expand description

An Ion String.

@see _ion_string

Implementations

Constructs an ION_STRING from a &mut str.

Note that this is effectively Ion C’s &mut str type so lifetime is managed manually by the caller.

Also note, that it is possible to violate the UTF-8 invariant of the source data, so care should be taken when using this API.

Usage

Generally, using a mutable owned source will be the safest option.

let mut buf = "Some data".to_string();
let mut ion_str = ION_STRING::try_from_mut_str(buf.as_mut_str())?;

Constructs an ION_STRING from a &mut [u8].

Note that this is effectively Ion C’s &mut [u8] type so lifetime is managed manually by the caller.

Usage

Generally, using a mutable owned source will be the safest option.

let mut buf = b"Some data".to_vec();
let mut ion_str = ION_STRING::try_from_mut_bytes(buf.as_mut_slice())?;

Retrieves a UTF-8 slice view from an ION_STRING.

When the value pointer is null, the conversion will fail:

let ion_str = ION_STRING::default();
match ion_str.try_as_str() {
    Ok(_) => panic!("Cannot happen!"),
    Err(e) => assert_eq!(ion_error_code_IERR_NULL_VALUE, e.code),
}

When the string is not valid UTF-8, the conversion will fail:

let mut buf = b"\xFF".to_vec();
let ion_str = ION_STRING::try_from_mut_bytes(buf.as_mut_slice()).unwrap();
match ion_str.try_as_str() {
    Ok(_) => panic!("Cannot happen!"),
    Err(e) => assert_eq!(ion_error_code_IERR_INVALID_UTF8, e.code),
}

Retrieves a slice view from an ION_STRING

When the value pointer is null, the conversion will return an IonCError:

let ion_str = ION_STRING::default();
match ion_str.try_as_bytes() {
    Ok(_) => panic!("Cannot happen!"),
    Err(e) => assert_eq!(ion_error_code_IERR_NULL_VALUE, e.code),
}