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vtkHeap Class Reference

replacement for malloc/free and new/delete More...

#include <vtkHeap.h>

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Public Types

typedef vtkObject Superclass

Public Member Functions

virtual int IsA (const char *type)
vtkHeapNewInstance () const
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
void * AllocateMemory (size_t n)
void Reset ()
char * StringDup (const char *str)
virtual void SetBlockSize (size_t)
virtual size_t GetBlockSize ()
virtual int GetNumberOfBlocks ()
virtual int GetNumberOfAllocations ()

Static Public Member Functions

static vtkHeapNew ()
static int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkHeapSafeDownCast (vtkObjectBase *o)

Protected Member Functions

virtual vtkObjectBaseNewInstanceInternal () const
 vtkHeap ()
 ~vtkHeap ()
void Add (size_t blockSize)
void CleanAll ()
vtkHeapBlock * DeleteAndNext ()

Protected Attributes

size_t BlockSize
int NumberOfAllocations
int NumberOfBlocks
int Alignment
vtkHeapBlock * First
vtkHeapBlock * Last
vtkHeapBlock * Current
size_t Position

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 52 of file vtkHeap.h.


Member Typedef Documentation

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Definition at line 56 of file vtkHeap.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkHeap::vtkHeap ( ) [protected]
vtkHeap::~vtkHeap ( ) [protected]

Member Function Documentation

static vtkHeap* vtkHeap::New ( ) [static]

Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized to zero, and reference counting on.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

static int vtkHeap::IsTypeOf ( const char *  name) [static]

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 vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

virtual int vtkHeap::IsA ( const char *  name) [virtual]

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 vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

static vtkHeap* vtkHeap::SafeDownCast ( vtkObjectBase o) [static]

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

virtual vtkObjectBase* vtkHeap::NewInstanceInternal ( ) const [protected, virtual]

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

void vtkHeap::PrintSelf ( ostream &  os,
vtkIndent  indent 
) [virtual]

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.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

void* vtkHeap::AllocateMemory ( size_t  n)

Allocate the memory requested.

virtual void vtkHeap::SetBlockSize ( size_t  ) [virtual]

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 ( ) [inline, virtual]

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.

Definition at line 66 of file vtkHeap.h.

virtual int vtkHeap::GetNumberOfBlocks ( ) [virtual]

Get the number of allocations thus far.

virtual int vtkHeap::GetNumberOfAllocations ( ) [virtual]

Get the number of allocations thus far.

void vtkHeap::Reset ( )

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 ( const char *  str)

Convenience method performs string duplication.

void vtkHeap::Add ( size_t  blockSize) [protected]
void vtkHeap::CleanAll ( ) [protected]
vtkHeapBlock* vtkHeap::DeleteAndNext ( ) [protected]

Member Data Documentation

size_t vtkHeap::BlockSize [protected]

Definition at line 91 of file vtkHeap.h.

Definition at line 92 of file vtkHeap.h.

Definition at line 93 of file vtkHeap.h.

int vtkHeap::Alignment [protected]

Definition at line 94 of file vtkHeap.h.

vtkHeapBlock* vtkHeap::First [protected]

Definition at line 97 of file vtkHeap.h.

vtkHeapBlock* vtkHeap::Last [protected]

Definition at line 98 of file vtkHeap.h.

vtkHeapBlock* vtkHeap::Current [protected]

Definition at line 99 of file vtkHeap.h.

size_t vtkHeap::Position [protected]

Definition at line 101 of file vtkHeap.h.


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