glib/glib/gbuffer.h
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/*
* Copyright © 2009, 2010 Codethink Limited
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the licence, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
*/
#ifndef __G_BUFFER_H__
#define __G_BUFFER_H__
#include <glib/gtypes.h>
/* < private >
* GBuffer:
* @data: a pointer to the data held in the buffer
* @size: the size of @data
*
* A simple refcounted data type representing a byte sequence from an
* unspecified origin.
*
* The purpose of a #GBuffer is to keep the memory region that it holds
* alive for as long as anyone holds a reference to the buffer. When
* the last reference count is dropped, the memory is released.
*
* A #GBuffer can come from many different origins that may have
* different procedures for freeing the memory region. Examples are
* memory from g_malloc(), from memory slices, from a #GMappedFile or
* memory from other allocators.
*/
typedef struct _GBuffer GBuffer;
/* < private >
* GBufferFreeFunc:
* @buffer: the #GBuffer to be freed
*
* This function is provided by creators of a #GBuffer. It is the
* function to be called when the reference count of @buffer drops to
* zero. It should free any memory associated with the buffer and free
* @buffer itself.
*/
typedef void (* GBufferFreeFunc) (GBuffer *buffer);
struct _GBuffer
{
gconstpointer data;
gsize size;
/*< protected >*/
GBufferFreeFunc free_func;
/*< private >*/
gint ref_count;
};
G_GNUC_INTERNAL
GBuffer * g_buffer_new_from_data (gconstpointer data,
gsize size);
G_GNUC_INTERNAL
GBuffer * g_buffer_new_take_data (gpointer data,
gsize size);
G_GNUC_INTERNAL
GBuffer * g_buffer_new_from_static_data (gconstpointer data,
gsize size);
G_GNUC_INTERNAL
GBuffer * g_buffer_new_from_pointer (gconstpointer data,
gsize size,
GDestroyNotify notify,
gpointer user_data);
G_GNUC_INTERNAL
GBuffer * g_buffer_ref (GBuffer *buffer);
G_GNUC_INTERNAL
void g_buffer_unref (GBuffer *buffer);
#endif /* __G_BUFFER_H__ */