Hello Kenton, thank you very much for the fast answer I tried the second option, and it worked fine indeed
thanks a lot :) William On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 19:34, Kenton Varda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi William, > > When init()ing a Text field, you need to specify the size of the text: > > req.getPayload().initAs<Text>(123); > > You can also directly set the field to an existing string: > > req.getPayload().setAs<Text>("foo"); > > -Kenton > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:30 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> using cap'n'proto c++ library, I've made a structure for generic request >> exchange >> >> struct Request { >> timestamp @0: UInt64; >> resource @1: Text; >> payload @2: AnyPointer; >> } >> >> resource used for the request name, and payload for the request argument. >> >> I successfully used it with custom structure inside the payload, but I >> can't figure out how I can put simple Text in the payload >> >> ::capnp::MallocMessageBuilder message; >> Request::Builder req = message.initRoot<Request>(); >> req.setTimestamp(timestamp_now()); >> >> req.setResource("MyRequest"); >> >> >> >> and now I would like to init the payload and put text in it. I tried >> something like that >> auto payload_text = req.getPayload().initAs<Text>(); >> gives me >> error: too few arguments to function call, expected 2, have 1 >> return _::PointerHelpers<T>::init(builder); >> >> auto payload_text = req.getPayload().getAs<Text>(); >> compile, but then I cannot change the text in payload_text >> >> I couldn't find any sample where AnyPointer is used with Text. Any clue ? >> >> Best regards, >> >> William >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Cap'n Proto" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/capnproto. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cap'n Proto" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/capnproto.
