module tango.util.container.mgmt.GCAllocator;

public import tango.util.container.mgmt.Allocator;

/*******************************************************************************

        Generic GC allocations

*******************************************************************************/

class GCAllocator(T) : Allocator!(T)
{

        /***********************************************************************

                allocate a fixed-size (T) chunk of memory

        ***********************************************************************/

        final override void[] allocate ()
        {
                return allocate (T.sizeof);
        }

        /***********************************************************************

                allocate an arbitrary chunk of memory

        ***********************************************************************/

        final override void[] allocate (uint size)
        {
                return new void[size];
        }

        /***********************************************************************

                Invoked during a client .dup to clone an attached allocator

        ***********************************************************************/

        final override GCAllocator factory ()
        {
                return this;
        }

        /***********************************************************************

                Invoked when clear/reset is called on the host. Parameter
                all indicated whether all memory usage should be collected
                or just the fixed-size blocks

        ***********************************************************************/

        final override void collect (bool all)
        {
        }
}