Index: trunk/FACT++/src/DimData.h
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--- trunk/FACT++/src/DimData.h	(revision 13463)
+++ trunk/FACT++/src/DimData.h	(revision 13463)
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+#ifndef FACT_DimData
+
+struct DimData
+{
+    const int               qos;
+    const std::string       name;
+    const std::string       format;
+    const std::vector<char> data;
+    const Time              time;
+
+    Time extract(DimInfo *inf) const
+    {
+        // Must be called in exactly this order!
+        const int tsec = inf->getTimestamp();
+        const int tms  = inf->getTimestampMillisecs();
+
+        return Time(tsec, tms*1000);
+    }
+
+    DimData(DimInfo *inf) : qos(inf->getQuality()),
+        name(inf->getName()),
+        format(inf->getFormat()),
+        data(inf->getString(), inf->getString()+inf->getSize()),
+        time(extract(inf))
+    {
+    }
+
+    template<typename T>
+        T get(uint32_t offset=0) const { return *reinterpret_cast<const T*>(data.data()+offset); }
+
+    template<typename T>
+        const T *ptr(uint32_t offset=0) const { return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(data.data()+offset); }
+
+    template<typename T>
+        const T &ref(uint32_t offset=0) const { return *reinterpret_cast<const T*>(data.data()+offset); }
+
+    const char *c_str() const { return (char*)data.data(); }
+
+    size_t size() const { return data.size(); }
+};
+
+#endif