From 2768a93c52ad689e29594ed545dc26967986f002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaakko=20Ker=C3=A4nen?= <jaakko.keranen@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:04:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] libdeng2|Reader: Added a method to read a specific number of
 bytes

Added a method that is more convenient to use than reading a
FixedByteArray.
---
 doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h | 11 +++++++++++
 doomsday/libdeng2/src/data/reader.cpp      |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h b/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h
index 79984ebe82..1653bf4649 100644
--- a/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h
+++ b/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h
@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ class DENG2_PUBLIC Reader
      */
     Reader &operator >> (FixedByteArray &fixedByteArray);
 
+    /**
+     * Reads a specific number of bytes and puts it to a destination
+     * byte array.
+     *
+     * @param count        Number of bytes to read.
+     * @param destination  Destination array.
+     *
+     * @return Reference to the Reader.
+     */
+    Reader &readBytes(dsize count, IByteArray &destination);
+
     /// Reads a Block from the source buffer.
     Reader &operator >> (Block &block);
 
diff --git a/doomsday/libdeng2/src/data/reader.cpp b/doomsday/libdeng2/src/data/reader.cpp
index a2131caed1..0de305edbc 100644
--- a/doomsday/libdeng2/src/data/reader.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/libdeng2/src/data/reader.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ Reader &Reader::operator >> (FixedByteArray &fixedByteArray)
     return *this;
 }
 
+Reader &Reader::readBytes(dsize count, IByteArray &destination)
+{
+    FixedByteArray dest(destination, 0, count);
+    return *this >> dest;
+}
+
 Reader &Reader::operator >> (Block &block)
 {
     duint size = 0;