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

Type: size_t*

Return length here, optionally.

The argument will be set by the function.
The argument can be NULL.

Return value

Type: const char*

The C string held by refstr.

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