com.kenai.jffi
Class PageManager

java.lang.Object
  com.kenai.jffi.PageManager

public abstract class PageManager
extends Object

Manages allocation, disposal and protection of native memory pages

Field Summary

static int	PROT_EXEC The memory should be executable
static int	PROT_READ The memory should be readable
static int	PROT_WRITE The memory should be writable

Constructor Summary

PageManager()

Method Summary

abstract long	allocatePages(int npages, int protection) Allocates native memory pages.
abstract void	freePages(long address, int npages) Free pages allocated via allocatePages(int, int)
static PageManager	getInstance() Gets the page manager for the current platform.
long	pageSize() Gets the system page size.
abstract void	protectPages(long address, int npages, int protection) Sets the protection mask on a memory region.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PROT_EXEC

public static final int PROT_EXEC

The memory should be executable

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PROT_READ

public static final int PROT_READ

The memory should be readable

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PROT_WRITE

public static final int PROT_WRITE

The memory should be writable

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Constructor Detail

PageManager

public PageManager()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static PageManager getInstance()

Gets the page manager for the current platform.

Returns:

An instance of PageManager

pageSize

public final long pageSize()

Gets the system page size.

Returns:

The size of a page on the current system, in bytes.

allocatePages

public abstract long allocatePages(int npages,
                                   int protection)

Allocates native memory pages. The memory allocated is aligned on a page boundary, and the size of the allocated memory is npages * pageSize.

Parameters:

npages - The number of pages to allocate.

protection - The initial protection for the page. This must be a bitmask of PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE and PROT_EXEC.

Returns:

The native address of the allocated memory.

freePages

public abstract void freePages(long address,
                               int npages)

Free pages allocated via allocatePages(int, int)

Parameters:

address - The memory address as returned from allocatePages(int, int)

npages - The number of pages to free.

protectPages

public abstract void protectPages(long address,
                                  int npages,
                                  int protection)

Sets the protection mask on a memory region.

Parameters:

address - The start of the memory region.

npages - The number of pages to protect.

protection - The protection mask.