Help with QDataStream and QByteArray

[P@u1]

Hi everyone,

I have the follwing function:

template<class T> 
void SubmitData(const QString& name, const SCVitalSignInformation& vsi, const T& data) 
{ 
	Triple<SCVitalSignInformation, QByteArray, int>*& p = m_map[name];
	if(p == NULL)
	{
		p = new Triple<SCVitalSignInformation, QByteArray, int>;
	}
	p->first = vsi;
	QByteArray & buffer = p->second;
	QDataStream stream(&buffer, QIODevice::ReadWrite);
	stream << data;
	++(p->third);
}

template<class T> 
void SubmitData(const QString& name, const SCVitalSignInformation& vsi, const T& data) 
{ 
	Triple<SCVitalSignInformation, QByteArray, int>*& p = m_map[name];
	if(p == NULL)
	{
		p = new Triple<SCVitalSignInformation, QByteArray, int>;
	}
	p->first = vsi;
	QByteArray & buffer = p->second;
	QDataStream stream(&buffer, QIODevice::ReadWrite);
	stream << data;
	++(p->third);
}

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I checked it with the debugger and recognized, that the VitalSignInformation and the int are changed, but the buffer remains unchanged, although i write to it with operator<<...
Triple is just a little class similar to std::pair (but with 3 elements)
And m_map is this:
std::map<QString, Triple<SCVitalSignInformation, QByteArray, int>* > m_map;
(I'm not using QMap/QHash as it does not have a swap memberfunction in the current qt-version.)

I think the problem occurs either because I use QDataStream and/or QByteArray in a wrong way, or I did just some dumb mistake^^

It would be nice if you can help me!
Thanks in advance!

P.S.:
The operator<< is overloaded for the types I use as T of course.

[ChrisW67]

Are you intending to append to the buffer? If so, you probably want QIODevice::Append. As it is now the seek pointer is probably at byte 0 when you open the stream and this code is overwriting the existing content.

Is there a reason for opening ReadWrite when you only write?