Struct UnsafeScratchAllocator

A fixed-size buffer from which you can make allocations.

Namespace: Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe

Syntax

public struct UnsafeScratchAllocator

Remarks

Allocations from a scratch allocator are not individually deallocated. Instead, when you're done using all the allocations from a scratch allocator, you dispose the allocator as a whole.

Constructors

UnsafeScratchAllocator(Void*, Int32)

Initializes and returns an instance of UnsafeScratchAllocator.

Declaration

public UnsafeScratchAllocator(void *ptr, int capacityInBytes)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Void*	ptr	An existing buffer to use as the allocator's internal buffer.
Int32	capacityInBytes	The size in bytes of the internal buffer.

Methods

Allocate(Int32, Int32)

Returns an allocation from the allocator's internal buffer.

Declaration

public void *Allocate(int sizeInBytes, int alignmentInBytes)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	sizeInBytes	The size of the new allocation.
Int32	alignmentInBytes	The alignment of the new allocation.

Returns

Type	Description
Void*	A pointer to the new allocation.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentException	Thrown if the new allocation would exceed the capacity of the allocator.

Allocate<T>(Int32)

Returns an allocation from the allocator's internal buffer.

Declaration

public void *Allocate<T>(int count = 1)
    where T : struct

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Int32	count	The number of elements to allocate space for. Defaults to 1.

Returns

Type	Description
Void*	A pointer to the new allocation.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of element to allocate space for.

Remarks

The allocation size in bytes is at least count * sizeof(T). The space consumed by the allocation may be a little larger than this size due to alignment.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentException	Thrown if the new allocation would exceed the capacity of the allocator.