serialize

Description:

[ Version ( since = "2.7.3" ) ]
public uint serialize (uint start, uint end, out uint8[] buf, out uint buf_consumed, Font? font, BufferSerializeFormat format, BufferSerializeFlags flags)

Serializes buffer into a textual representation of its content, whether Unicode codepoints or glyph identifiers and positioning information.

This is useful for showing the contents of the buffer, for example during debugging. See the documentation of serialize_unicode and serialize_glyphs for a description of the output format.

Parameters:

start	the first item in `buffer` to serialize.
end	the last item in `buffer` to serialize.
buf	output string to write serialized buffer into.
buf_consumed	if not `NULL`, will be set to the number of bytes written into `buf`.
font	the Font used to shape this buffer, needed to read glyph names and extents. If `NULL`, an empty font will be used.
format	the BufferSerializeFormat to use for formatting the output.
flags	the BufferSerializeFlags that control what glyph properties to serialize.
buf_size	the size of `buf`.
buffer	an Buffer buffer.

Returns:

The number of serialized items.