renoir::IAllocator

Allocator interface used by Rendering Library for all memory allocations. The user has to provide an object that implements this interface.

#include <CoherentRenderingLibrary.h>

Public Functions #

Public Functions Documentation #

function Allocate #

virtual void * Allocate(
    unsigned size
) =0

Allocate size bytes.

Parameters:

• size the number of bytes to allocate

Return: the pointer to the beginning of newly allocated memory.

function Reallocate #

virtual void * Reallocate(
    void * ptr,
    unsigned size
) =0

Reallocates the given area of memory. It must be previously allocated by Allocate.

Parameters:

• ptr the pointer to the memory area to be reallocated
• size number of bytes to allocate

function Deallocate #

virtual void Deallocate(
    void * ptr
) =0

Deallocates the memory previously allocated by Allocate.

Parameters:

• ptr the pointer to the memory to deallocate

function AlignedAllocate #

virtual void * AlignedAllocate(
    unsigned size,
    unsigned alignment
) =0

Allocate size bytes whose alignment is specified by alignment.

Parameters:

• size number of bytes to allocate
• alignment specifies the alignment

Return: the pointer to the beginning of newly allocated memory.

function AlignedDeallocate #

virtual void AlignedDeallocate(
    void * ptr
) =0

Deallocates the memory previously allocated by AlignedAllocate.

Parameters:

• ptr the pointer to the memory to deallocate

function ~IAllocator #

virtual ~IAllocator()

function IAllocator #

IAllocator()