transport/allocator/1.0/IAllocator.hal

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package android.hidl.allocator@1.0;

/**
 * Interface which allocates the required memory.
 */
interface IAllocator {

    /**
     * Return memory must have instance name corresponding to this type of memory.
     *
     * @param size Size of memory to allocate in bytes.
     * @return success Whether allocation succeeded.
     * @return memory Unmapped memory object.
     */
    allocate(uint64_t size) generates (bool success, memory mem);

    /**
     * Return memory must have instance name corresponding to this type of memory.
     *
     * @param size Size of memory to allocate in bytes.
     * @param count Number of memory instances to allocate.
     * @return success Whether allocation succeeded (returns false if any allocation failed).
     * @return batch Unmapped memory objects.
     */
    batchAllocate(uint64_t size, uint64_t count) generates (bool success, vec<memory> batch);
};