From 2dd6ba57d132d34172077b637b532e21aa6dda8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Lerman <qsr@chromium.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 18:22:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add utility method to build a vector of struct in-place.
 (#4153)

Change-Id: I6df195cbae621cf2bf6b4f3b56f68be80dc23152
---
 include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
index d1520f5c4..83b4fa1cd 100644
--- a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
+++ b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
@@ -1128,6 +1128,27 @@ FLATBUFFERS_FINAL_CLASS
     return Offset<Vector<const T *>>(EndVector(len));
   }
 
+  #ifndef FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL
+  /// @brief Serialize an array of structs into a FlatBuffer `vector`.
+  /// @tparam T The data type of the struct array elements.
+  /// @param[in] f A function that takes the current iteration 0..vector_size-1
+  /// and a pointer to the struct that must be filled.
+  /// @return Returns a typed `Offset` into the serialized data indicating
+  /// where the vector is stored.
+  /// This is mostly useful when flatbuffers are generated with mutation
+  /// accessors.
+  template<typename T> Offset<Vector<const T *>> CreateVectorOfStructs(
+      size_t vector_size, const std::function<void(size_t i, T *)> &filler) {
+    StartVector(vector_size * sizeof(T) / AlignOf<T>(), AlignOf<T>());
+    T *structs = reinterpret_cast<T *>(buf_.make_space(vector_size * sizeof(T)));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < vector_size; i++) {
+      filler(i, structs);
+      structs++;
+    }
+    return Offset<Vector<const T *>>(EndVector(vector_size));
+  }
+  #endif
+
   /// @brief Serialize a `std::vector` of structs into a FlatBuffer `vector`.
   /// @tparam T The data type of the `std::vector` struct elements.
   /// @param[in]] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to