mpd/src/pcm/PcmBuffer.hxx

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2003-2013 The Music Player Daemon Project
 * http://www.musicpd.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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 */

#ifndef PCM_BUFFER_HXX
#define PCM_BUFFER_HXX

#include "util/ReusableArray.hxx"
#include "gcc.h"

#include <stdint.h>

/**
 * Manager for a temporary buffer which grows as needed.  We could
 * allocate a new buffer every time pcm_convert() is called, but that
 * would put too much stress on the allocator.
 */
class PcmBuffer {
	ReusableArray<uint8_t, 8192> buffer;

public:
	void Clear() {
		buffer.Clear();
	}

	/**
	 * Get the buffer, and guarantee a minimum size.  This buffer becomes
	 * invalid with the next pcm_buffer_get() call.
	 *
	 * This function will never return NULL, even if size is zero, because
	 * the PCM library uses the NULL return value to signal "error".  An
	 * empty destination buffer is not always an error.
	 */
	gcc_malloc
	void *Get(size_t size);
};

#endif