Add variable_buffer get<OT>()

Change-Id: Iaf658f2d4a43703400ea016c37244f27524a73c0
Reviewed-on: http://gfw160.aus.stglabs.ibm.com:8080/gerrit/17679
Tested-by: Jenkins Server
Reviewed-by: Richard J. Knight <rjknight@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matt K. Light <mklight@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Silver <bsilver@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-on: http://gfw160.aus.stglabs.ibm.com:8080/gerrit/20148
Reviewed-by: Derk Rembold <rembold@de.ibm.com>

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/buffer.H b/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/buffer.H
index 6a3a2bdd..ec55fed4 100644
--- a/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/buffer.H
+++ b/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/buffer.H
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ namespace fapi2
         /// @tparam OT the type of the outgoing (target)
         /// @param[out] o_out OT to copy into - data is placed left aligned
         /// @param[in] Start bit in source
-        /// @param[in] Length of bits to insert
+        /// @param[in] Length of bits to extract
         /// @param[in] Start bit to insert into (target start)
         /// @return FAPI2_RC_SUCCESS if ok
         ///
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ namespace fapi2
         ///
         /// @brief Copy data from this buffer into an OT and right justify
         /// @tparam SS Start bit to insert into (source start)
-        /// @tparam L Length of bits to insert
+        /// @tparam L Length of bits to extract
         /// @tparam OT the type of the outgoing (target)
         /// @param[out] o_out OT to copy into - data is placed right aligned
         /// @return buffer& Useful for method chaining
diff --git a/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/variable_buffer.H b/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/variable_buffer.H
index 2af09a83..b1739be9 100644
--- a/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/variable_buffer.H
+++ b/import/hwpf/fapi2/include/variable_buffer.H
@@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ namespace fapi2
         /// @param[in] i_offset Start OT (start word, for example) in buffer
         ///            - defaults to 0 (will by default write the left most element)
         /// @return FAPI2_RC_SUCCESS on success, FAPI2_RC_OVERFLOW otherwise
-        /// @note This is is only available for integral types. To set a
-        ///    variable_buffer into a variable_buffer, use insert()
         ///
         template< typename OT>
         inline fapi2::ReturnCodes set(OT i_value, const bits_type i_offset = 0)
@@ -318,6 +316,17 @@ namespace fapi2
             return FAPI2_RC_SUCCESS;
         }
 
+        ///
+        /// @brief Get an OT of data from buffer
+        /// @tparam OT the type of the data to get
+        /// @param[in] i_offset Start OT (start word, for example) in buffer
+        ///            - defaults to 0 (will by default write the left most element)
+        /// @return OT
+        /// @note uint8_t b = get<uint8_t>(N) <- gets the N'th left byte from the buffer
+        ///
+        template< typename OT>
+        inline OT get(const bits_type i_offset = 0);
+
         /// @name Bit/Word Manipulation Functions
         ///@{
 
@@ -1177,5 +1186,13 @@ namespace fapi2
         return rc;
     }
 
+    template< typename OT>
+    inline OT variable_buffer::get(const bits_type i_offset)
+    {
+        // Get is just an extract.
+        OT l_tmp;
+        extract(l_tmp, parameterTraits<OT>::bit_length() * i_offset, parameterTraits<OT>::bit_length());
+        return l_tmp;
+    }
 }
 #endif