From 8a927419c2d55bab03fd7f260b27c84ededa27d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandu Liviu Catalin <slc.universe@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:48:49 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Return the length of the written string.

Since they can be dynamically generated through a formatted string.
---
 module/Library/Utils/Buffer.cpp | 8 ++++++--
 module/Library/Utils/Buffer.hpp | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.cpp b/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.cpp
index 40518774..97680fa6 100644
--- a/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.cpp
+++ b/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void SqBuffer::WriteUint64(const ULongInt & val)
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void SqBuffer::WriteRawString(StackStrF & val)
+SQInteger SqBuffer::WriteRawString(StackStrF & val)
 {
     // Validate the managed buffer reference
     Validate();
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ void SqBuffer::WriteRawString(StackStrF & val)
     Buffer::SzType length = ConvTo< Buffer::SzType >::From(val.mLen);
     // Write the the string contents
     m_Buffer->AppendS(val.mPtr, length);
+    // Return the length of the written string
+    return val.mLen;
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void SqBuffer::WriteClientString(StackStrF & val)
+SQInteger SqBuffer::WriteClientString(StackStrF & val)
 {
     // Validate the managed buffer reference
     Validate();
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ void SqBuffer::WriteClientString(StackStrF & val)
     // Write the size and then the string contents
     m_Buffer->Push< Uint16 >(size);
     m_Buffer->AppendS(val.mPtr, length);
+    // Return the length of the written string
+    return val.mLen;
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.hpp b/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.hpp
index 72ae9113..a0ba408e 100644
--- a/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.hpp
+++ b/module/Library/Utils/Buffer.hpp
@@ -583,12 +583,12 @@ public:
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * Write a raw string to the buffer.
     */
-    void WriteRawString(StackStrF & val);
+    SQInteger WriteRawString(StackStrF & val);
 
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * Write a client encoded string to the buffer.
     */
-    void WriteClientString(StackStrF & val);
+    SQInteger WriteClientString(StackStrF & val);
 
     /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * Write a AABB to the buffer.