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34 lines
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class:: ContiguousBlockAllocator
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summary:: for better handling of dynamic allocation
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related:: Classes/Server, Classes/PowerOfTwoAllocator
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categories:: Control
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description::
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A more robust replacement for the default server block allocator, link::Classes/PowerOfTwoAllocator::. May be used in the link::Classes/Server:: class to allocate audio/control bus numbers and buffer numbers.
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To configure a server to use ContiguousBlockAllocator, execute the following:
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code::
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aServer.options.blockAllocClass = ContiguousBlockAllocator;
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Normally you will not need to address the allocators directly. However, ContiguousBlockAllocator adds one feature not present in PowerOfTwoAllocator, namely the emphasis::reserve:: method.
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ClassMethods::
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method::new
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Create a new allocator with emphasis::size:: slots. You may block off the first emphasis::pos:: slots (the server's audioBusAllocator does this to reserve the hardware input and output buses).
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InstanceMethods::
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private::prReserve, prSplit
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method::alloc
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Return the starting index of a free block that is emphasis::n:: slots wide. The default is 1 slot.
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method::free
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Free a previously allocated block starting at emphasis::address::.
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method::reserve
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Mark a specific range of addresses as used so that the alloc method will not return any addresses within that range.
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