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cristy307ba182010-12-25 01:00:34 +0000189<h1>Module memory
190 Methods</h1>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000191<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="#AcquireAlignedMemory">AcquireAlignedMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#AcquireMagickMemory">AcquireMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#AcquireQuantumMemory">AcquireQuantumMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#CopyMagickMemory">CopyMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#GetMagickMemoryMethods">GetMagickMemoryMethods</a> &bull; <a href="#RelinquishAlignedMemory">RelinquishAlignedMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#RelinquishMagickMemory">RelinquishMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#ResetMagickMemory">ResetMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#ResizeMagickMemory">ResizeMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#ResizeQuantumMemory">ResizeQuantumMemory</a> &bull; <a href="#SetMagickMemoryMethods">SetMagickMemoryMethods</a>]</p>
192
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000193<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
194_8c.html" id="AcquireAlignedMemory">AcquireAlignedMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000195<div class="doc-section">
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cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000197<p>AcquireAlignedMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes whose address is a multiple of 16*sizeof(void *).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000198
199<p>The format of the AcquireAlignedMemory method is:</p>
200
201<pre class="code">
202 void *AcquireAlignedMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
203</pre>
204
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000205<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000206
207<h5>count</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000208<p>the number of quantum elements to allocate.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000209
210<h5>quantum</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000211<p>the number of bytes in each quantum.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000212
213 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000214<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
215_8c.html" id="AcquireMagickMemory">AcquireMagickMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000216<div class="doc-section">
217
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000218<p>AcquireMagickMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000219
220<p>The format of the AcquireMagickMemory method is:</p>
221
222<pre class="code">
223 void *AcquireMagickMemory(const size_t size)
224</pre>
225
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000226<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000227
228<h5>size</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000229<p>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000230
231 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000232<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
233_8c.html" id="AcquireQuantumMemory">AcquireQuantumMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000234<div class="doc-section">
235
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000236<p>AcquireQuantumMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least count * quantum bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000237
238<p>The format of the AcquireQuantumMemory method is:</p>
239
240<pre class="code">
241 void *AcquireQuantumMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
242</pre>
243
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000244<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000245
246<h5>count</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000247<p>the number of quantum elements to allocate.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000248
249<h5>quantum</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000250<p>the number of bytes in each quantum.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000251
252 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000253<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
254_8c.html" id="CopyMagickMemory">CopyMagickMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000255<div class="doc-section">
256
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000257<p>CopyMagickMemory() copies size bytes from memory area source to the destination. Copying between objects that overlap will take place correctly. It returns destination.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000258
259<p>The format of the CopyMagickMemory method is:</p>
260
261<pre class="code">
262 void *CopyMagickMemory(void *destination,const void *source,
263 const size_t size)
264</pre>
265
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000266<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000267
268<h5>destination</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000269<p>the destination.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000270
271<h5>source</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000272<p>the source.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000273
274<h5>size</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000275<p>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000276
277 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000278<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
279_8c.html" id="GetMagickMemoryMethods">GetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000280<div class="doc-section">
281
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000282<p>GetMagickMemoryMethods() gets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000283
284<p>The format of the GetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>
285
286<pre class="code">
287 void GetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler *acquire_memory_handler,
288 ResizeMemoryHandler *resize_memory_handler,
289 DestroyMemoryHandler *destroy_memory_handler)
290</pre>
291
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000292<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000293
294<h5>acquire_memory_handler</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000295<p>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000296
297<h5>resize_memory_handler</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000298<p>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000299
300<h5>destroy_memory_handler</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000301<p>method to destroy memory (e.g. free).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000302
303 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000304<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
305_8c.html" id="RelinquishAlignedMemory">RelinquishAlignedMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000306<div class="doc-section">
307
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000308<p>RelinquishAlignedMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireAlignedMemory() or reuse.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000309
310<p>The format of the RelinquishAlignedMemory method is:</p>
311
312<pre class="code">
313 void *RelinquishAlignedMemory(void *memory)
314</pre>
315
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000316<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000317
318<h5>memory</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000319<p>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000320
321 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000322<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
323_8c.html" id="RelinquishMagickMemory">RelinquishMagickMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000324<div class="doc-section">
325
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000326<p>RelinquishMagickMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireMagickMemory() or AcquireQuantumMemory() for reuse.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000327
328<p>The format of the RelinquishMagickMemory method is:</p>
329
330<pre class="code">
331 void *RelinquishMagickMemory(void *memory)
332</pre>
333
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000334<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000335
336<h5>memory</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000337<p>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000338
339 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000340<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
341_8c.html" id="ResetMagickMemory">ResetMagickMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000342<div class="doc-section">
343
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000344<p>ResetMagickMemory() fills the first size bytes of the memory area pointed to by memory with the constant byte c.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000345
346<p>The format of the ResetMagickMemory method is:</p>
347
348<pre class="code">
349 void *ResetMagickMemory(void *memory,int byte,const size_t size)
350</pre>
351
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000352<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000353
354<h5>memory</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000355<p>A pointer to a memory allocation.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000356
357<h5>byte</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000358<p>Set the memory to this value.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000359
360<h5>size</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000361<p>Size of the memory to reset.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000362
363 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000364<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
365_8c.html" id="ResizeMagickMemory">ResizeMagickMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000366<div class="doc-section">
367
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000368<p>ResizeMagickMemory() changes the size of the memory and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block. The contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old sizes.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000369
370<p>The format of the ResizeMagickMemory method is:</p>
371
372<pre class="code">
373 void *ResizeMagickMemory(void *memory,const size_t size)
374</pre>
375
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000376<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000377
378<h5>memory</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000379<p>A pointer to a memory allocation.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000380
381<h5>size</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000382<p>the new size of the allocated memory.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000383
384 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000385<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
386_8c.html" id="ResizeQuantumMemory">ResizeQuantumMemory</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000387<div class="doc-section">
388
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000389<p>ResizeQuantumMemory() changes the size of the memory and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block. The contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old sizes.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000390
391<p>The format of the ResizeQuantumMemory method is:</p>
392
393<pre class="code">
394 void *ResizeQuantumMemory(void *memory,const size_t count,
395 const size_t quantum)
396</pre>
397
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000398<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000399
400<h5>memory</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000401<p>A pointer to a memory allocation.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000402
403<h5>count</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000404<p>the number of quantum elements to allocate.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000405
406<h5>quantum</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000407<p>the number of bytes in each quantum.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000408
409 </div>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000410<h2><a href="http://www.wizards-toolkit.org/api/MagickCore/memory
411_8c.html" id="SetMagickMemoryMethods">SetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000412<div class="doc-section">
413
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000414<p>SetMagickMemoryMethods() sets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory.</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000415
416<p>The format of the SetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>
417
418<pre class="code">
419 SetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler acquire_memory_handler,
420 ResizeMemoryHandler resize_memory_handler,
421 DestroyMemoryHandler destroy_memory_handler)
422</pre>
423
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000424<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000425
426<h5>acquire_memory_handler</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000427<p>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000428
429<h5>resize_memory_handler</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000430<p>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000431
432<h5>destroy_memory_handler</h5>
cristy7a40ba82011-01-08 20:31:18 +0000433<p>method to destroy memory (e.g. free).</p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000434
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