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Functions

OTSetAddressFromNBPString

Copies an NBP name string into an NBP address buffer.

C INTERFACE

size_t OTSetAddressFromNBPString (UInt8* addrBuf, 
                                  const char* nbpName, SInt32 len);

C++ INTERFACES

None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

addrBuf

A pointer to the NBP address buffer in which to store the NBP name string.

nbpName

A pointer to the NBP name string you wish to copy into the buffer.

len

The number of characters to copy.

DESCRIPTION

The OTSetAddressFromNBPString function copies the string indicated by the nbpName parameter into the buffer indicated by the addrBuf parameter. The len parameter indicates the number of characters to copy. A value of -1 copies the entire nbpName string. The function returns the number of bytes actually copied.

SEE ALSO

The NBP address structure is described in the section "The NBP Address Structure," beginning on page 10-17.

To copy the contents of an NBP entity into an NBP address structure, use the OTSetAddressFromNBPEntity function (page 10-27).