gmio/src/gmio_core/buffer.h

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**
** This software is a reusable library whose purpose is to provide complete
** I/O support for various CAD file formats (eg. STL)
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/*! \file buffer.h
 *  Declaration of gmio_buffer and utility functions
 */

#ifndef GMIO_BUFFER_H
#define GMIO_BUFFER_H

#include "global.h"

#include <stddef.h>

/*! Basic block of memory */
struct gmio_buffer
{
    /*! Pointer to the beginning of the block of memory */
    void* ptr;

    /*! Size (in bytes) of the memory buffer */
    size_t size;

    /*! Optional pointer on a function that deallocates the memory block
     *  beginning at \p ptr */
    void (*deallocate_func)(void* ptr);
};
typedef struct gmio_buffer gmio_buffer_t;

GMIO_C_LINKAGE_BEGIN

/*! Returns an initialized gmio_buffer object
 *
 *  If \p ptr is NULL then gmio_buffer::size is forced to \c 0
 */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT gmio_buffer_t gmio_buffer(
        void* ptr, size_t size, void (*deallocate_func)(void*));

/*! Returns a gmio_buffer object allocated with standard \c malloc() */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT gmio_buffer_t gmio_buffer_malloc(size_t size);

/*! Returns a gmio_buffer object allocated with standard \c calloc() */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT gmio_buffer_t gmio_buffer_calloc(size_t num, size_t size);

/*! Returns a gmio_buffer object allocated with standard \c realloc() */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT gmio_buffer_t gmio_buffer_realloc(void* ptr, size_t size);

/*! Returns a gmio_buffer object allocated with OS-specific \c alloca() */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT gmio_buffer_t gmio_buffer_alloca(size_t size);

/*! Safe and convenient call to gmio_buffer::deallocate_func() */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT void gmio_buffer_deallocate(gmio_buffer_t* buffer);

GMIO_C_LINKAGE_END

#endif /* GMIO_BUFFER_H */