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A .NET API for the libVLC interface so the vast majority of VLC functionality could be utilized in managed applications
//    nVLC
//    
//    Author:  Roman Ginzburg
//
//    nVLC 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 3 of the License, or
//    (at your option) any later version.
//
//    nVLC 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.
//     
// ========================================================================

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Implementation.Utils
{
   internal unsafe class MemoryHeap
   {
      static int ph = GetProcessHeap();

      private MemoryHeap() { }
      
      /// <summary>
      /// Allocates a memory block of the given size. The allocated memory is
      /// automatically initialized to zero.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="size"></param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      public static void* Alloc(int size)
      {
         void* result = HeapAlloc(ph, HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, size);
         if (result == null)
         {
            throw new OutOfMemoryException();
         }

         return result;
      }

      /// <summary>
      /// Frees a memory block.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="block"></param>
      public static void Free(void* block)
      {
         if (!HeapFree(ph, 0, block))
         {
            throw new InvalidOperationException();
         }
      }
      
      /// <summary>
      /// Re-allocates a memory block. If the reallocation request is for a
      /// larger size, the additional region of memory is automatically
      /// initialized to zero.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="block"></param>
      /// <param name="size"></param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      public static void* ReAlloc(void* block, int size)
      {
         void* result = HeapReAlloc(ph, HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, block, size);
         if (result == null)
         {
            throw new OutOfMemoryException();
         }

         return result;
      }
      
      /// <summary>
      /// Returns the size of a memory block.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="block"></param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      public static int SizeOf(void* block)
      {
         int result = HeapSize(ph, 0, block);
         if (result == -1)
         {
            throw new InvalidOperationException();
         }

         return result;
      }

      // Heap API flags
      const int HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY = 0x00000008;

      // Heap API functions
      [DllImport("kernel32")]
      static extern int GetProcessHeap();

      [DllImport("kernel32")]
      static extern void* HeapAlloc(int hHeap, int flags, int size);

      [DllImport("kernel32")]
      static extern bool HeapFree(int hHeap, int flags, void* block);

      [DllImport("kernel32")]
      static extern void* HeapReAlloc(int hHeap, int flags, void* block, int size);

      [DllImport("kernel32")]
      static extern int HeapSize(int hHeap, int flags, void* block);

      [DllImport("Kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "RtlMoveMemory", SetLastError = true)]
      public static unsafe extern void CopyMemory(void* dest, void* src, int size);
   }
}

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