#ifndef PA_ALLOCATION_H
#define PA_ALLOCATION_H
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 * Portable Audio I/O Library allocation context header
 * memory allocation context for tracking allocation groups
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/** @file
 @ingroup common_src

 @brief Allocation Group prototypes. An Allocation Group makes it easy to
 allocate multiple blocks of memory and free them all at once.
 
 An allocation group is useful for keeping track of multiple blocks
 of memory which are allocated at the same time (such as during initialization)
 and need to be deallocated at the same time. The allocation group maintains
 a list of allocated blocks, and can free all allocations at once. This
 can be usefull for cleaning up after a partially initialized object fails.

 The allocation group implementation is built on top of the lower
 level allocation functions defined in pa_util.h
*/


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif /* __cplusplus */


typedef struct
{
    long linkCount;
    struct PaUtilAllocationGroupLink *linkBlocks;
    struct PaUtilAllocationGroupLink *spareLinks;
    struct PaUtilAllocationGroupLink *allocations;
}PaUtilAllocationGroup;



/** Create an allocation group.
*/
PaUtilAllocationGroup* PaUtil_CreateAllocationGroup( void );

/** Destroy an allocation group, but not the memory allocated through the group.
*/
void PaUtil_DestroyAllocationGroup( PaUtilAllocationGroup* group );

/** Allocate a block of memory though an allocation group.
*/
void* PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory( PaUtilAllocationGroup* group, long size );

/** Free a block of memory that was previously allocated though an allocation
 group. Calling this function is a relatively time consuming operation.
 Under normal circumstances clients should call PaUtil_FreeAllAllocations to
 free all allocated blocks simultaneously.
 @see PaUtil_FreeAllAllocations
*/
void PaUtil_GroupFreeMemory( PaUtilAllocationGroup* group, void *buffer );

/** Free all blocks of memory which have been allocated through the allocation
 group. This function doesn't destroy the group itself.
*/
void PaUtil_FreeAllAllocations( PaUtilAllocationGroup* group );


#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* PA_ALLOCATION_H */