Swift 3: How to access the value of matrix_float3x3 in a 48-byte CFData?

Question

I'm trying to access intrinsic matrix following this answer.

By running the commend below, I was able to get a 48-byte AnyObject, and I further convert it into a CFData.

let camData = CMGetAttachment(sampleBuffer, kCMSampleBufferAttachmentKey_CameraIntrinsicMatrix, nil)

However, I checked the output of sampleBuffer in CMSampleBuffer.h:

/*! @constant   kCMSampleBufferAttachmentKey_CameraIntrinsicMatrix
     @abstract  Indicates the 3x3 camera intrinsic matrix applied to the current sample buffer.
     @discussion Camera intrinsic matrix is a CFData containing a matrix_float3x3, which is column-major.
        ....
 */
CM_EXPORT const CFStringRef kCMSampleBufferAttachmentKey_CameraIntrinsicMatrix  // CFData (matrix_float3x3) __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_NA,__IPHONE_11_0);

How should I access the value in the matrix_float3x3 from the CFData?

Answer 1

This should work:

• Use the bridging from CFData to NSData to Data, and
• the withUnsafeBytes method to get a pointer of the desired type to the data bytes,
• .pointee to dereference the pointer.

Example:

if let camData = CMGetAttachment(sampleBuffer, kCMSampleBufferAttachmentKey_CameraIntrinsicMatrix, nil) as? Data {
    let matrix: matrix_float3x3 = camData.withUnsafeBytes { $0.pointee }

    // ...

}

The pointer type ($0 inside the closure) is inferred from the context as UnsafePointer<matrix_float3x3>.