/* Libvisual - The audio visualisation framework.
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Dennis Smit <ds@nerds-incorporated.org>
 *
 * Authors: Dennis Smit <ds@nerds-incorporated.org>
 *
 * $Id: lv_mem.h,v 1.20 2006/01/22 13:23:37 synap Exp $
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

#ifndef _LV_MEM_H
#define _LV_MEM_H

#include <libvisual/lvconfig.h>

#include <libvisual/lv_defines.h>

VISUAL_BEGIN_DECLS

/**
 * The visual_mem_copy function needs this signature.
 *
 * @arg dest Pointer to the dest buffer.
 * @arg src Pointer to the source buffer.
 * @arg n The number of bytes to be copied.
 *
 * @return Pointer to the dest buffer.
 */
typedef void *(*VisMemCopyFunc)(void *dest, const void *src, visual_size_t n);

/**
 * The visual_mem_set function needs this signature.
 *
 * @arg dest Pointer to the dest buffer.
 * @arg c Value that is used as the set value.
 * @arg n The number of bytes to be set.
 *
 * @return Pointer to the dest buffer.
 */
typedef void *(*VisMemSet8Func)(void *dest, int c, visual_size_t n);

/**
 * The visual_mem_set16 function needs this signature.
 *
 * @arg dest Pointer to the dest buffer.
 * @arg c Value that is used as the set value.
 * @arg n The number of words (16bits) to be set.
 *
 * @return Pointer to the dest buffer.
 */
typedef void *(*VisMemSet16Func)(void *dest, int c, visual_size_t n);

/**
 * The visual_mem_set32 function needs this signature.
 *
 * @arg dest Pointer to the dest buffer.
 * @arg c Value that is used as the set value.
 * @arg n The number of integers (32bits) to be set.
 *
 * @return Pointer to the dest buffer.
 */
typedef void *(*VisMemSet32Func)(void *dest, int c, visual_size_t n);

/* prototypes */
int visual_mem_initialize (void);
void *visual_mem_malloc (visual_size_t nbytes) __malloc;
void *visual_mem_malloc0 (visual_size_t nbytes) __malloc;
void *visual_mem_realloc (void *ptr, visual_size_t nbytes) __malloc;
int visual_mem_free (void *ptr);

/* Optimal performance functions set by visual_mem_initialize(). */
extern VisMemCopyFunc visual_mem_copy;
extern VisMemSet8Func visual_mem_set;
extern VisMemSet16Func visual_mem_set16;
extern VisMemSet32Func visual_mem_set32;

/**
 * @ingroup VisMem
 * 
 * Convenient macro to request @a n_structs structures of type @a struct_type
 * initialized to 0.
 */
#define visual_mem_new0(struct_type, n_structs)           \
    ((struct_type *) visual_mem_malloc0 (((visual_size_t) sizeof (struct_type)) * ((visual_size_t) (n_structs))))

VISUAL_END_DECLS

#endif /* _LV_MEM_H */