Please direct questions to the JNA users' list.
You can always map "free" in the C library, e.g.
public interface CLibrary extends Library {
public void free(Pointer p);
}
The malloc/free internal to Pointer/Memory are for internal use only
when JNA needs to allocate/free memory for its own needs. If JNA
provides you with memory, it will be automatically freed when the
object is GC'd.
In general, you should follow the memory management procedures
recommended by the library providing you with the memory.
On Apr 8, 2008, at 12:12 PM, x x wrote:
Hello,
I am using JNA for a very short time now an I have a question:
What should I do when I need to free a block of Memory ?
I receive a Pointer from the native code and I want to call the native
free()-method on this Pointers 'peer'. There is a free()-method, but
it
is in the Memory-Class and has protected access.
I have added a free()-method to the Pointer-Class, which seems to
work just fine, but can't be the real solution:
public void free() {
if (peer != 0)
Memory.free(peer);
}
Am I the only person needing this or did I overlook something ?
Thanks
Tom Blecher
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