vtkHeap Class Reference
#include <vtkHeap.h>
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Detailed Description
replacement for malloc/free and new/delete
This class is a replacement for malloc/free and new/delete for software that has inherent memory leak or performance problems. For example, external software such as the PLY library (vtkPLY) and VRML importer (vtkVRMLImporter) are often written with lots of malloc() calls but without the corresponding free() invocations. The class vtkOrderedTriangulator may create and delete millions of new/delete calls. This class allows the overloading of the C++ new operator (or other memory allocation requests) by using the method AllocateMemory(). Memory is deleted with an invocation of CleanAll() (which deletes ALL memory; any given memory allocation cannot be deleted). Note: a block size can be used to control the size of each memory allocation. Requests for memory are fulfilled from the block until the block runs out, then a new block is created.
- Warning:
- Do not use this class as a general replacement for system memory allocation. This class should be used only as a last resort if memory leaks cannot be tracked down and eliminated by conventional means. Also, deleting memory from vtkHeap is not supported. Only the deletion of the entire heap is. (A Reset() method allows you to reuse previously allocated memory.)
- See also:
- vtkVRMLImporter vtkPLY vtkOrderedTriangulator
Definition at line 51 of file vtkHeap.h.
Member Typedef Documentation
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
| vtkHeap::vtkHeap |
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Member Function Documentation
| static vtkHeap* vtkHeap::New |
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Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized to zero, and reference counting on.
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| virtual const char* vtkHeap::GetClassName |
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| static int vtkHeap::IsTypeOf |
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Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeRevisionMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.
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| virtual int vtkHeap::IsA |
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Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeRevisionMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.
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| void vtkHeap::PrintSelf |
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Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.
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| void* vtkHeap::AllocateMemory |
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Allocate the memory requested. |
| virtual void vtkHeap::SetBlockSize |
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Set/Get the size at which blocks are allocated. If a memory request is bigger than the block size, then that size will be allocated. |
| virtual size_t vtkHeap::GetBlockSize |
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Allocate the memory requested.
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| virtual int vtkHeap::GetNumberOfBlocks |
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Get the number of allocations thus far. |
| virtual int vtkHeap::GetNumberOfAllocations |
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Get the number of allocations thus far. |
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This methods resets the current allocation location back to the beginning of the heap. This allows reuse of previously allocated memory which may be beneficial to performance in many cases. |
| char* vtkHeap::StringDup |
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Convenience method performs string duplication. |
| void vtkHeap::Add |
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| void vtkHeap::CleanAll |
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| vtkHeapBlock* vtkHeap::DeleteAndNext |
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Member Data Documentation
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