/*
* Allocator
* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
*
* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
*/

#ifndef BOTAN_ALLOCATOR_H__
#define BOTAN_ALLOCATOR_H__

#include <botan/types.h>
#include <string>

namespace Botan {

/**
* Allocator Interface
*/
class BOTAN_DLL Allocator
   {
   public:
      static Allocator* get(bool);

      virtual void* allocate(u32bit) = 0;
      virtual void deallocate(void*, u32bit) = 0;

      virtual std::string type() const = 0;

      virtual void init() {}
      virtual void destroy() {}

      virtual ~Allocator() {}
   };

}

#endif