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cristy20398432011-08-11 01:31:50 +0000239<h1>Module memory Methods</h1>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000240<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="memory.html#AcquireAlignedMemory">AcquireAlignedMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#AcquireMagickMemory">AcquireMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#AcquireQuantumMemory">AcquireQuantumMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#CopyMagickMemory">CopyMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#GetMagickMemoryMethods">GetMagickMemoryMethods</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#RelinquishAlignedMemory">RelinquishAlignedMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#RelinquishMagickMemory">RelinquishMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#ResetMagickMemory">ResetMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#ResizeMagickMemory">ResizeMagickMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#ResizeQuantumMemory">ResizeQuantumMemory</a> &bull; <a href="memory.html#SetMagickMemoryMethods">SetMagickMemoryMethods</a>]</p>
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cristy20398432011-08-11 01:31:50 +0000242<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireAlignedMemory">AcquireAlignedMemory</a></h2>
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244
245<p>AcquireAlignedMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes whose address is a multiple of 16*sizeof(void *).</p>
246
247<p>The format of the AcquireAlignedMemory method is:</p>
248
249<pre class="code">
250 void *AcquireAlignedMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
251</pre>
252
253<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
254
255<h5>count</h5>
256<p>the number of quantum elements to allocate.</p>
257
258<h5>quantum</h5>
259<p>the number of bytes in each quantum.</p>
260
261 </div>
262<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireMagickMemory">AcquireMagickMemory</a></h2>
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264
265<p>AcquireMagickMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>
266
267<p>The format of the AcquireMagickMemory method is:</p>
268
269<pre class="code">
270 void *AcquireMagickMemory(const size_t size)
271</pre>
272
273<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
274
275<h5>size</h5>
276<p>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate.</p>
277
278 </div>
279<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireQuantumMemory">AcquireQuantumMemory</a></h2>
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281
282<p>AcquireQuantumMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least count * quantum bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>
283
284<p>The format of the AcquireQuantumMemory method is:</p>
285
286<pre class="code">
287 void *AcquireQuantumMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
288</pre>
289
290<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
291
292<h5>count</h5>
293<p>the number of quantum elements to allocate.</p>
294
295<h5>quantum</h5>
296<p>the number of bytes in each quantum.</p>
297
298 </div>
299<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="CopyMagickMemory">CopyMagickMemory</a></h2>
300<div class="doc-section">
301
302<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>
303
304<p>The format of the CopyMagickMemory method is:</p>
305
306<pre class="code">
307 void *CopyMagickMemory(void *destination,const void *source,
308 const size_t size)
309</pre>
310
311<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
312
313<h5>destination</h5>
314<p>the destination.</p>
315
316<h5>source</h5>
317<p>the source.</p>
318
319<h5>size</h5>
320<p>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate.</p>
321
322 </div>
323<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="GetMagickMemoryMethods">GetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>
324<div class="doc-section">
325
326<p>GetMagickMemoryMethods() gets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory.</p>
327
328<p>The format of the GetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>
329
330<pre class="code">
331 void GetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler *acquire_memory_handler,
332 ResizeMemoryHandler *resize_memory_handler,
333 DestroyMemoryHandler *destroy_memory_handler)
334</pre>
335
336<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
337
338<h5>acquire_memory_handler</h5>
339<p>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc).</p>
340
341<h5>resize_memory_handler</h5>
342<p>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc).</p>
343
344<h5>destroy_memory_handler</h5>
345<p>method to destroy memory (e.g. free).</p>
346
347 </div>
348<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishAlignedMemory">RelinquishAlignedMemory</a></h2>
349<div class="doc-section">
350
351<p>RelinquishAlignedMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireAlignedMemory() or reuse.</p>
352
353<p>The format of the RelinquishAlignedMemory method is:</p>
354
355<pre class="code">
356 void *RelinquishAlignedMemory(void *memory)
357</pre>
358
359<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
360
361<h5>memory</h5>
362<p>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse.</p>
363
364 </div>
365<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishMagickMemory">RelinquishMagickMemory</a></h2>
366<div class="doc-section">
367
368<p>RelinquishMagickMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireMagickMemory() or AcquireQuantumMemory() for reuse.</p>
369
370<p>The format of the RelinquishMagickMemory method is:</p>
371
372<pre class="code">
373 void *RelinquishMagickMemory(void *memory)
374</pre>
375
376<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
377
378<h5>memory</h5>
379<p>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse.</p>
380
381 </div>
382<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResetMagickMemory">ResetMagickMemory</a></h2>
383<div class="doc-section">
384
385<p>ResetMagickMemory() fills the first size bytes of the memory area pointed to by memory with the constant byte c.</p>
386
387<p>The format of the ResetMagickMemory method is:</p>
388
389<pre class="code">
390 void *ResetMagickMemory(void *memory,int byte,const size_t size)
391</pre>
392
393<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
394
395<h5>memory</h5>
396<p>A pointer to a memory allocation.</p>
397
398<h5>byte</h5>
399<p>Set the memory to this value.</p>
400
401<h5>size</h5>
402<p>Size of the memory to reset.</p>
403
404 </div>
405<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResizeMagickMemory">ResizeMagickMemory</a></h2>
406<div class="doc-section">
407
408<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>
409
410<p>The format of the ResizeMagickMemory method is:</p>
411
412<pre class="code">
413 void *ResizeMagickMemory(void *memory,const size_t size)
414</pre>
415
416<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
417
418<h5>memory</h5>
419<p>A pointer to a memory allocation.</p>
420
421<h5>size</h5>
422<p>the new size of the allocated memory.</p>
423
424 </div>
425<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResizeQuantumMemory">ResizeQuantumMemory</a></h2>
426<div class="doc-section">
427
428<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>
429
430<p>The format of the ResizeQuantumMemory method is:</p>
431
432<pre class="code">
433 void *ResizeQuantumMemory(void *memory,const size_t count,
434 const size_t quantum)
435</pre>
436
437<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
438
439<h5>memory</h5>
440<p>A pointer to a memory allocation.</p>
441
442<h5>count</h5>
443<p>the number of quantum elements to allocate.</p>
444
445<h5>quantum</h5>
446<p>the number of bytes in each quantum.</p>
447
448 </div>
449<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="SetMagickMemoryMethods">SetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>
450<div class="doc-section">
451
452<p>SetMagickMemoryMethods() sets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory.</p>
453
454<p>The format of the SetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>
455
456<pre class="code">
457 SetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler acquire_memory_handler,
458 ResizeMemoryHandler resize_memory_handler,
459 DestroyMemoryHandler destroy_memory_handler)
460</pre>
461
462<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
463
464<h5>acquire_memory_handler</h5>
465<p>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc).</p>
466
467<h5>resize_memory_handler</h5>
468<p>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc).</p>
469
470<h5>destroy_memory_handler</h5>
471<p>method to destroy memory (e.g. free).</p>
472
473 </div>
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