/*
* Copyright (c) 2008 - 2009
* Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
*
* All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of libobjfw. It may be distributed under the terms of the
* Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE included in
* the packaging of this file.
*/
#import <objc/Object.h>
#import <stdint.h>
/**
* The OFObject class is the base class for all other classes inside ObjFW.
*/
@interface OFObject: Object
{
void **__memchunks;
size_t __memchunks_size;
size_t __retain_count;
}
/**
* Initialize the already allocated object.
* Also sets up the memory pool for the object.
*
* \return An initialized object
*/
- init;
/**
* Increases the retain count.
*/
- retain;
/**
* Decreases the retain cound and frees the object if it reaches 0.
*/
- release;
/**
* Adds the object to the autorelease pool that is on top of the thread's stack.
*/
- autorelease;
/**
* Adds a pointer to the memory pool.
* This is useful to add memory allocated by functions such as asprintf to the
* pool so it gets freed automatically when the object is freed.
*
* \param ptr A pointer to add to the memory pool
*/
- addToMemoryPool: (void*)ptr;
/**
* Allocate memory and store it in the objects memory pool so it can be free'd
* automatically when the object is free'd.
*
* \param size The size of the memory to allocate
* \return A pointer to the allocated memory
*/
- (void*)getMemWithSize: (size_t)size;
/**
* Allocate memory for a specified number of items and store it in the objects
* memory pool so it can be free'd automatically when the object is free'd.
*
* \param nitems The number of items to allocate
* \param size The size of each item to allocate
* \return A pointer to the allocated memory
*/
- (void*)getMemForNItems: (size_t)nitems
ofSize: (size_t)size;
/**
* Resize memory in the memory pool to a specified size.
*
* \param ptr A pointer to the already allocated memory
* \param size The new size for the memory chunk
* \return A pointer to the resized memory chunk
*/
- (void*)resizeMem: (void*)ptr
toSize: (size_t)size;
/**
* Resize memory in the memory pool to a specific number of items of a
* specified size.
*
* \param ptr A pointer to the already allocated memory
* \param nitems The number of items to resize to
* \param size The size of each item to resize to
* \return A pointer to the resized memory chunk
*/
- (void*)resizeMem: (void*)ptr
toNItems: (size_t)nitems
ofSize: (size_t)size;
/**
* Frees allocated memory and removes it from the memory pool.
*
* \param ptr A pointer to the allocated memory
*/
- freeMem: (void*)ptr;
/**
* Frees the object and also frees all memory allocated via its memory pool.
*/
- free;
@end