Bytes
The field type bytes may contain any type of uint8_t data. It is a uniform data container. It works similarly to String and Repeated fields in that the FieldBytes class requires you to specify the maximum number of bytes stored in the array using a template parameter or custom option. The bytes class has the same access functions as String fields. Let us take a look at an example:
message raw_bytes
{
bytes b = 1;
}
// Declare the message object stating the bytes array
// should hold ten bytes.
raw_bytes<10> msg;
// Set some elements, others are by default zero.
msg.mutable_b()[0] = 1;
msg.mutable_b()[9] = 10;
// There is no index out of bound exception as they
// are not possible on small mcu's. Instead the last
// element of the array will be returned and changes!
msg.mutable_b()[10] = 11;
// Assign the content of a std array.
const std::array<uint8_t, 10> data = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
msg.mutable_b().set(data.data(), 10);
// Loopoing over the array could be done like this
for(uint8_t i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
const auto x = msg.get_b()[i];
}
// And you can clear the whole array with the clear function.
msg.mutable_b().clear();