source: code/branches/physics/src/bullet/LinearMath/btPoolAllocator.h @ 1963

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Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Gino van den Bergen / Erwin Coumans  http://continuousphysics.com/Bullet/

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*/


#ifndef _BT_POOL_ALLOCATOR_H
#define _BT_POOL_ALLOCATOR_H

#include "btScalar.h"
#include "btAlignedAllocator.h"

///The btPoolAllocator class allows to efficiently allocate a large pool of objects, instead of dynamically allocating them separately.
class btPoolAllocator
{
        int                             m_elemSize;
        int                             m_maxElements;
        int                             m_freeCount;
        void*                   m_firstFree;
        unsigned char*  m_pool;

public:

        btPoolAllocator(int elemSize, int maxElements)
                :m_elemSize(elemSize),
                m_maxElements(maxElements)
        {
                m_pool = (unsigned char*) btAlignedAlloc( static_cast<unsigned int>(m_elemSize*m_maxElements),16);

                unsigned char* p = m_pool;
        m_firstFree = p;
        m_freeCount = m_maxElements;
        int count = m_maxElements;
        while (--count) {
            *(void**)p = (p + m_elemSize);
            p += m_elemSize;
        }
        *(void**)p = 0;
    }

        ~btPoolAllocator()
        {
                btAlignedFree( m_pool);
        }

        int     getFreeCount() const
        {
                return m_freeCount;
        }

        void*   allocate(int size)
        {
                // release mode fix
                (void)size;
                btAssert(!size || size<=m_elemSize);
                btAssert(m_freeCount>0);
        void* result = m_firstFree;
        m_firstFree = *(void**)m_firstFree;
        --m_freeCount;
        return result;
        }

        bool validPtr(void* ptr)
        {
                if (ptr) {
                        if (((unsigned char*)ptr >= m_pool && (unsigned char*)ptr < m_pool + m_maxElements * m_elemSize))
                        {
                                return true;
                        }
                }
                return false;
        }

        void    freeMemory(void* ptr)
        {
                 if (ptr) {
            btAssert((unsigned char*)ptr >= m_pool && (unsigned char*)ptr < m_pool + m_maxElements * m_elemSize);

            *(void**)ptr = m_firstFree;
            m_firstFree = ptr;
            ++m_freeCount;
        }
        }

        int     getElementSize() const
        {
                return m_elemSize;
        }


};

#endif //_BT_POOL_ALLOCATOR_H