# HG changeset patch
# User Benjamin Golinvaux <bgo@osimis.io>
# Date 1575195168 -3600
# Node ID 75268c1ea3096b6ee7fcecfa38d8b5debd6e1e3c
# Parent  5f1b1a8b2c286a29ad51c10a0d358d72697ee6ae
Added note about metadata returned string lifetime

diff -r 5f1b1a8b2c28 -r 75268c1ea309 Plugins/Include/orthanc/OrthancCPlugin.h
--- a/Plugins/Include/orthanc/OrthancCPlugin.h	Mon Nov 25 05:41:28 2019 +0100
+++ b/Plugins/Include/orthanc/OrthancCPlugin.h	Sun Dec 01 11:12:48 2019 +0100
@@ -2886,7 +2886,10 @@
    * @param context The Orthanc plugin context, as received by OrthancPluginInitialize().
    * @param instance The instance of interest.
    * @param metadata The metadata of interest.
-   * @return The metadata value if success, NULL if error.
+   * @return The metadata value if success, NULL if error. Please note that the 
+   *         returned string belongs to the instance object and must NOT be 
+   *         deallocated. Please make a copy of the string if you wish to access 
+   *         it later.
    * @ingroup Callbacks
    **/
   ORTHANC_PLUGIN_INLINE const char* OrthancPluginGetInstanceMetadata(