Method

VipsRefStringget

Declaration [src] 

const char*
vips_ref_string_get (
  VipsRefString* refstr,
  size_t* length
)

Description [src]

Get a pointer to the private string inside a refstr. Handy for language bindings.

See also: vips_value_get_ref_string().

Parameters

length size_t*
 

Return length here, optionally.
 The argument will be set by the function.
 The argument can be NULL.

Return value

Returns: const char*
 

The C string held by refstr.
 The data is owned by the instance.
 The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.