Method
GExiv2Metadataas_bytes
unstable since: 0.16.0
Declaration [src]
GBytes*
gexiv2_metadata_as_bytes (
GExiv2Metadata* self,
GBytes* bytes,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Saves the metadata to the stream by reading the stream into memory, copying this object’s metadata into the image, then writing the image as a stream back out.
if bytes is NULL, a copy of the internal image with updated metadata will be returned.
Available since: 0.16.0
Parameters
bytes-
Type:
GBytesAn image buffer to update the metadata on, nor
NULL.The argument can be NULL.The data is owned by the caller of the method. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the method if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.
Return value
Type: GBytes
A newly allocated GBytes object containing the image with new metadata.
| The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it. |