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+/*
+    This file is part of the KDE libraries
+
+    Copyright (C) 2000 Waldo Bastian (bastian@kde.org)
+              
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library 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
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// KDE Virtual Memory Allocator
+
+#ifndef KVMALLOCATOR_H
+#define KVMALLOCATOR_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "kdelibs_export.h"
+
+class KVMAllocatorPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * KVMAllocator is a virtual memory allocator.
+ * Memory is allocated block-wise in a tmp file.
+ * 
+ * @author Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
+ */
+class KDECORE_EXPORT KVMAllocator
+{
+public:
+    struct Block;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a KVMAllocator 
+     */
+    KVMAllocator();
+
+    /**
+     * Destruct the KVMAllocator and release all memory.
+     */
+    ~KVMAllocator();
+
+    /**
+     * Allocate a virtual memory block.
+     * @param _size Size in bytes of the memory block.
+     * @return the allocated memory block
+     */
+    Block *allocate(size_t _size);
+    
+    /**
+     * Free a virtual memory block.
+     * @param block the block to free
+     */
+    void free(Block *block);
+    
+    /**
+     * Copy @p length bytes from @p _offset in the virtual memory block 
+     * @p src to normal memory at address *dest.
+     * @param dest the destination of the data
+     * @param src the source block
+     * @param _offset the offset in the source block
+     * @param length the length of the data to copy
+     * @return true on success, false on failure, see errno for details
+     * @since 3.2
+     */
+    bool copyBlock(void *dest, Block *src, int _offset = 0, size_t length = 0);
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated
+     * @see copyBlock
+     */
+    void copy(void *dest, Block *src, int _offset = 0, size_t length = 0) KDE_DEPRECATED;
+     
+    /**
+     * Copy @p length bytes from normal memory at address @p src to 
+     * @p _offset in the virtual memory block @p dest.
+     * @param dest the block to copy the data to
+     * @param src the source location of the data
+     * @param _offset the offset in the destination block
+     * @param length the length of the data to copy
+     * @return true on success, false on failure, see errno for details
+     * @since 3.2
+     */
+    bool copyBlock(Block *dest, void *src, int _offset = 0, size_t length = 0);
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated
+     * @see copyBlock
+     */
+    void copy(Block *dest, void *src, int _offset = 0, size_t length = 0) KDE_DEPRECATED;  
+
+    /**
+     * Map a virtual memory block in memory
+     * @param block the block to map
+     */
+    void *map(Block *block);
+    
+    /**
+     * Unmap a virtual memory block
+     * @param block the block to unmap
+     */
+    void unmap(Block *block);
+    
+private:
+    KVMAllocatorPrivate *d;
+};
+
+#endif