netcdf-c/include/netcdf_mem.h
Dennis Heimbigner ccc70d640b re: esupport MQO-415619
and https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/708

Expand the NC_INMEMORY capabilities to support writing and accessing
the final modified memory.

Three new functions have been added:
nc_open_memio, nc_create_mem, and nc_close_memio.

The following new capabilities were added.
1. nc_open_memio() allows the NC_WRITE mode flag
   so a chunk of memory can be passed in and be modified
2. nc_create_mem() allows the NC_INMEMORY flag to be set
   to cause the created file to be kept in memory.
3. nc_close_mem() allows the final in-memory contents to be
   retrieved at the time the file is closed.
4. A special flag, NC_MEMIO_LOCK, is provided to ensure that
   the provided memory will not be freed or reallocated.

Note the following.
1. If nc_open_memio() is called with NC_WRITE, and NC_MEMIO_LOCK is not set,
   then the netcdf-c library will take control of the incoming memory.
   This means that the original memory block should not be freed
   but the block returned by nc_close_mem() must be freed.
2. If nc_open_memio() is called with NC_WRITE, and NC_MEMIO_LOCK is set,
   then modifications to the original memory may fail if the space available
   is insufficient.

Documentation is provided in the file docs/inmemory.md.
A test case is provided: nc_test/tst_inmemory.c driven by
nc_test/run_inmemory.sh

WARNING: changes were made to the dispatch table for
the close entry. From int (*close)(int) to int (*close)(int,void*).
2018-02-25 21:45:31 -07:00

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/*! \file netcdf_mem.h
*
* Main header file for in-memory (diskless) functionality.
*
* Copyright 2010 University Corporation for Atmospheric
* Research/Unidata. See COPYRIGHT file for more info.
*
* See \ref copyright file for more info.
*
*/
#ifndef NETCDF_MEM_H
#define NETCDF_MEM_H 1
#include <netcdf.h>
typedef struct NC_memio {
size_t size;
void* memory;
#define NC_MEMIO_LOCKED 1 /* Do not try to realloc or free provided memory */
int flags;
} NC_memio;
#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif
/* Treate a memory block as a file; read-only */
EXTERNL int nc_open_mem(const char* path, int mode, size_t size, void* memory, int* ncidp);
EXTERNL int nc_create_mem(const char* path, int mode, size_t initialsize, int* ncidp);
/* Alternative to nc_open_mem with extended capabilites
See docs/inmemory.md
*/
EXTERNL int nc_open_memio(const char* path, int mode, NC_memio* info, int* ncidp);
/* Close memory file and return the final memory state */
EXTERNL int nc_close_memio(int ncid, NC_memio* info);
#if defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif
#endif /* NETCDF_MEM_H */