Expose Algorithm_Factory::clear_caches which clears out all of the

caches; this might be useful for applications which are, say,
particularly sensitive to memory usage.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/algo_factory/algo_factory.h b/src/algo_factory/algo_factory.h
index 5e0e49f13..f7e85202b 100644
--- a/src/algo_factory/algo_factory.h
+++ b/src/algo_factory/algo_factory.h
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class BOTAN_DLL Algorithm_Factory
       void add_engine(class Engine* engine);
 
       /**
+      * Clear out any cached objects
+      */
+      void clear_caches();
+
+      /**
       * @param algo_spec the algorithm we are querying
       * @returns list of providers of this algorithm
       */