<<extension>> Heap allocation and free routines in C More...

Functions
void *	DDS_Heap_calloc (size_t numElem, size_t size)
	Peforms the logical equivalent of calloc(). More...

void *	DDS_Heap_malloc (size_t size)
	Peforms the logical equivalent of malloc(). More...

void	DDS_Heap_free (void *ptr)
	Performs the logical equivalent of free(). More...

Detailed Description

<<extension>> Heap allocation and free routines in C

The methods in this class ensure consistent cross-platform implementations for memory allocation (DDS_Heap_malloc() and DDS_Heap_calloc()) and deletion (DDS_Heap_free()).

Applications need to use these routines to reserve memory that the middleware will release or to free memory that the middleware has allocated.

For example, to allocate an optional member in a sample use DDS_Heap_malloc()/ DDS_Heap_calloc(); to release an optional member previously reserved by FooTypeSupport::create_data(), use DDS_Heap_free().

Function Documentation

Peforms the logical equivalent of calloc().

Allocates unused space for an array with numElem elements each of whose size in bytes is size. The memory will be initialized to zeros.

Parameters

numElem	<<in>> The number of elements in the array to be allocated
size	<<in>> The size in bytes of each element in the array

Returns: If insufficient memory is available, this method will return NULL. Otherwise, upon success it returns a pointer to the allocated space.

void* DDS_Heap_malloc ( size_t size )

Peforms the logical equivalent of malloc().

Allocates unused space for an object of the specified size. The memory will be initialized to zeros.

Parameters

size	<<in>> The size in bytes of the object to be allocated

Returns: If insufficient memory is available, this method will return NULL. Otherwise, upon success it returns a pointer to the allocated space.

void DDS_Heap_free ( void * ptr )

Performs the logical equivalent of free().

Deallocates the space pointed to by ptr and made available for further allocation.

Parameters

ptr	<<in>> A pointer to the space to be deallocated