[#BloombergLP-balber-BerUtil-getIdentifierOctets]
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Decode the identifier octets from the specified `streamBuf` and load the tag class, tag type, and tag number to the specified `tagClass`, `tagType`, and `tagNumber` respectively. Add the number of bytes consumed to the specified `accumNumBytesConsumed`. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balber_berutil.h>`

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static
int
getIdentifierOctets(
    std::streambuf* streamBuf,
    xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerConstants/TagClass.adoc[BerConstants::TagClass]* tagClass,
    xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerConstants/TagType.adoc[BerConstants::TagType]* tagType,
    int* tagNumber,
    int* accumNumBytesConsumed);
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