BitFieldPacking

All Known Implementing Classes:

BitFieldPackingImpl
```
public interface BitFieldPacking
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getZeroLengthBoundary()`	A non-zero value indicates the fixed alignment size for bit-fields which follow a zero-length bitfield if greater than a bitfields base type normal alignment.
`boolean`	`isTypeAlignmentEnabled()`	Control whether the alignment of bit-field types is respected when laying out structures.
`boolean`	`useMSConvention()`	Control if the alignment and packing of bit-fields follows MSVC conventions.

- Method Detail
  - useMSConvention
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boolean useMSConvention()
```
    Control if the alignment and packing of bit-fields follows MSVC conventions. When this is enabled it takes precedence over all other bitfield packing controls.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if MSVC packing conventions are used, else false (e.g., GNU conventions apply).
  - isTypeAlignmentEnabled
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boolean isTypeAlignmentEnabled()
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    Control whether the alignment of bit-field types is respected when laying out structures. Corresponds to PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS in GCC.
    
    Returns:
    
    true when the alignment of the bit-field type should be used to impact the alignment of the containing structure, and ensure that individual bit-fields will not straddle an alignment boundary.
  - getZeroLengthBoundary
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int getZeroLengthBoundary()
```
    A non-zero value indicates the fixed alignment size for bit-fields which follow a zero-length bitfield if greater than a bitfields base type normal alignment. Corresponds to EMPTY_FIELD_BOUNDARY in GCC. This value is only used when isTypeAlignmentEnabled() returns false.
    
    Returns:
    
    fixed alignment size as number of bytes for a bit-field which follows a zero-length bit-field