C H A P T E R  19

image

Descriptor Type and Operations

packetC Descriptor Types

packetC provides data types that do not appear in standard C but do provide significant support for packet-processing applications. These data types are often extensions of familiar C types. The extended data type described in this chapter is descriptors. This chapter is divided into two different approaches. The first part of this chapter is focused on simply covering examples of descriptors and the packetC standard include file protocols.ph. The second part of this chapter covers an in-depth view into the background of the descriptors and how they operate under the hood ...

Get packetC Programming now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.