Add a way to write a VectorStream back

src/common/serialization/vst3/base.cpp

@@ -175,6 +175,22 @@ tresult PLUGIN_API VectorStream::queryInterface(Steinberg::FIDString _iid,
     return Steinberg::kNoInterface;
 }
 
+tresult VectorStream::write_back(Steinberg::IBStream* stream) {
+    if (!stream) {
+        return Steinberg::kInvalidArgument;
+    }
+
+    int32 num_bytes_written;
+    assert(stream->seek(0, kIBSeekSet) == Steinberg::kResultOk);
+    assert(stream->write(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), &num_bytes_written) ==
+           Steinberg::kResultOk);
+
+    assert(num_bytes_written == 0 ||
+           static_cast<size_t>(num_bytes_written) == buffer.size());
+
+    return Steinberg::kResultOk;
+}
+
 size_t VectorStream::size() const {
     return buffer.size();
 }

src/common/serialization/vst3/base.h

@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ class VectorStream : public Steinberg::IBStream,
 
     /**
      * Read an existing stream.
+     *
+     * @throw std::runtime_error If we couldn't read from the stream.
      */
     VectorStream(Steinberg::IBStream* stream);
 
@@ -134,6 +136,12 @@ class VectorStream : public Steinberg::IBStream,
 
     DECLARE_FUNKNOWN_METHODS
 
+    /**
+     * Write the vector buffer back to an IBStream. After writing the seek
+     * position will be left at the end of the stream.
+     */
+    tresult write_back(Steinberg::IBStream* stream);
+
     /**
      * Return the buffer's, used in the logging messages.
      */