Load a two‐byte integer from the specified buffer.

Synopsis

Declared in <bslx_marshallingutil.h>

static
void
getInt16(
    short* variable,
    char const* buffer);

Description

Load into the specified variable the two‐byte, two's complement integer (in host byte order) comprised of the initial two bytes of the specified buffer (in network byte order). The behavior is undefined unless buffer has sufficient contents. Note that the value will be sign‐extended.

Parameters

Name

Description

variable

destination for the host‐order two‐byte integer

buffer

source buffer in network byte order

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