From 0530bc2cd74fd365939dd43a160993140d48b119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Hofman <erik@ehofman.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:56:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a templated helper function for read and write to
 simplify the code

---
 simgear/io/SGDataDistributionService.hxx | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/simgear/io/SGDataDistributionService.hxx b/simgear/io/SGDataDistributionService.hxx
index d915a04e..92613fe0 100644
--- a/simgear/io/SGDataDistributionService.hxx
+++ b/simgear/io/SGDataDistributionService.hxx
@@ -78,9 +78,19 @@ public:
     // read data from the topic.
     int read(char *buf, int length);
 
+    template<typename T>
+    bool read(T& sample) {
+        return (read((char*)&sample, sizeof(T)) == sizeof(T)) ? true : false;
+    }
+
     // write data to the topic.
     int write(const char *buf, const int length);
 
+    template<typename T>
+    bool write(const T& sample) {
+        return (write((char*)&sample, sizeof(T)) == sizeof(T)) ? true : false;
+    }
+
     // close the participant.
     bool close();