BloombergLP::bslx::GenericInStream::getString

Assign to the specified variable the string comprised of the length of the string (see getLength) and the string data (see getUint8), update the cursor location, and return a reference to this stream. If this stream is initially invalid, this operation has no effect. If this function otherwise fails to extract a valid value, this stream is marked invalid and the value of variable is undefined.

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Declared in <bslx_genericinstream.h>

GenericInStream<STREAMBUF>&
getString(bsl::string& variable);