Memory Chunk

Data Structures
struct	JMemoryChunk

Typedefs
typedef struct JMemoryChunk	JMemoryChunk

Functions
JMemoryChunk *	j_memory_chunk_new (guint64 size)
void	j_memory_chunk_free (JMemoryChunk *chunk)
gpointer	j_memory_chunk_get (JMemoryChunk *chunk, guint64 length)
void	j_memory_chunk_reset (JMemoryChunk *chunk)

Detailed Description

A chunk of memory intended for short time cashing of larger data chunks.

Typedef Documentation

JMemoryChunk

typedef struct JMemoryChunk JMemoryChunk

Function Documentation

j_memory_chunk_free()

void j_memory_chunk_free

(

JMemoryChunk *

chunk

)

Frees the memory allocated for the chunk.

JMemoryChunk* chunk;
 
...
 
j_memory_chunk_free(chunk);

Parameters

chunk

A chunk.

j_memory_chunk_get()

gpointer j_memory_chunk_get	(	JMemoryChunk *	chunk,
		guint64	length
	)

Gets a new segment from the chunk.

JMemoryChunk* chunk;
 
...
 
j_memory_chunk_get(chunk, 1024);

Parameters

chunk	A chunk.
length	A length.

Returns

A pointer to a segment of the chunk, NULL if not enough space is available.

j_memory_chunk_new()

JMemoryChunk * j_memory_chunk_new

(

guint64

size

)

Creates a new chunk.

JMemoryChunk* chunk;
 
chunk = j_memory_chunk_new(1024);

Parameters

size

A size.

Returns

A new chunk. Should be freed with j_memory_chunk_free().

j_memory_chunk_reset()

void j_memory_chunk_reset

(

JMemoryChunk *

chunk

)

Resets the given chunk. All data inside should be considered lost.

Parameters

chunk

A chunk.