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19 * Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
22 #ifndef __G_BUFFER_H__
23 #define __G_BUFFER_H__
25 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
29 * @data: a pointer to the data held in the buffer
30 * @size: the size of @data
32 * A simple refcounted data type representing a byte sequence from an
35 * The purpose of a #GBuffer is to keep the memory region that it holds
36 * alive for as long as anyone holds a reference to the buffer. When
37 * the last reference count is dropped, the memory is released.
39 * A #GBuffer can come from many different origins that may have
40 * different procedures for freeing the memory region. Examples are
41 * memory from g_malloc(), from memory slices, from a #GMappedFile or
42 * memory from other allocators.
44 typedef struct _GBuffer GBuffer;
48 * @buffer: the #GBuffer to be freed
50 * This function is provided by creators of a #GBuffer. It is the
51 * function to be called when the reference count of @buffer drops to
52 * zero. It should free any memory associated with the buffer and free
55 typedef void (* GBufferFreeFunc) (GBuffer *buffer);
63 GBufferFreeFunc free_func;
70 GBuffer * g_buffer_new_from_data (gconstpointer data,
73 GBuffer * g_buffer_new_take_data (gpointer data,
76 GBuffer * g_buffer_new_from_static_data (gconstpointer data,
79 GBuffer * g_buffer_new_from_pointer (gconstpointer data,
81 GDestroyNotify notify,
84 GBuffer * g_buffer_ref (GBuffer *buffer);
86 void g_buffer_unref (GBuffer *buffer);
88 #endif /* __G_BUFFER__H */