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package org.graalvm.nativeimage;

import org.graalvm.nativeimage.impl.UnmanagedMemorySupport;
import org.graalvm.word.PointerBase;
import org.graalvm.word.UnsignedWord;
import org.graalvm.word.WordFactory;

/**
 * Contains static methods that allow allocate/free of unmanaged memory, i.e., memory that is not
 * under the control of the garbage collector. In a typical C environment, these are the malloc/free
 * functions of the standard C library, however this class makes no assumptions or guarantees about
 * how the memory is managed. In particular, it is not allowed to free memory returned by these
 * allocation function directly using the standard C library (or vice versa).
 */
public final class UnmanagedMemory {

    private UnmanagedMemory() {
    }

    /**
     * Allocates {@code size} bytes of unmanaged memory. The content of the memory is undefined.
     *
     * If {@code size} is 0, the method is allowed but not required to return the null pointer.
     */
    public static  T malloc(UnsignedWord size) {
        return ImageSingletons.lookup(UnmanagedMemorySupport.class).malloc(size);
    }

    /**
     * Allocates {@code size} bytes of unmanaged memory. The content of the memory is undefined.
     *
     * If {@code size} is 0, the method is allowed but not required to return the null pointer.
     */
    public static  T malloc(int size) {
        return ImageSingletons.lookup(UnmanagedMemorySupport.class).malloc(WordFactory.unsigned(size));
    }

    /**
     * Allocates {@code size} bytes of unmanaged memory. The content of the memory is set to 0.
     *
     * If {@code size} is 0, the method is allowed but not required to return the null pointer.
     */
    public static  T calloc(UnsignedWord size) {
        return ImageSingletons.lookup(UnmanagedMemorySupport.class).calloc(size);
    }

    /**
     * Allocates {@code size} bytes of unmanaged memory. The content of the memory is set to 0.
     *
     * If {@code size} is 0, the method is allowed but not required to return the null pointer.
     */
    public static  T calloc(int size) {
        return ImageSingletons.lookup(UnmanagedMemorySupport.class).calloc(WordFactory.unsigned(size));
    }

    /**
     * Changes the size of the provided unmanaged memory to {@code size} bytes of unmanaged memory.
     * If the new size is larger than the old size, the content of the additional memory is
     * undefined.
     *
     * If {@code size} is 0, the method is allowed but not required to return the null pointer.
     */
    public static  T realloc(T ptr, UnsignedWord size) {
        return ImageSingletons.lookup(UnmanagedMemorySupport.class).realloc(ptr, size);
    }

    /**
     * Frees unmanaged memory that was previously allocated using methods of this class.
     */
    public static void free(PointerBase ptr) {
        ImageSingletons.lookup(UnmanagedMemorySupport.class).free(ptr);
    }
}




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