m17n_object(3m17n)						 The m17n Library						m17n_object(3m17n)

NAME

       m17n_object - Allocate a managed object.

SYNOPSIS

       void* m17n_object (int size, void(*)(void *) freer)

DESCRIPTION

       Allocate a managed object. The m17n_object() function allocates a new managed object of size bytes and sets its reference count to 1.
       freer is the function that is used to free the object when the reference count becomes 0. If freer is NULL, the object is freed by the
       free() function.

       The heading bytes of the allocated object is occupied by M17NObjectHead.  That area is reserved for the m17n library and application
       programs should never touch it.

RETURN VALUE

	   This function returns a newly allocated object.

ERRORS

	   This function never fails.

Example:
	   typedef struct
	   {
	     M17NObjectHead head;
	     int mem1;
	     char *mem2;
	   } MYStruct;

	   void
	   my_freer (void *obj)
	   {
	     free (((MYStruct *) obj)->mem2);
	     free (obj);
	   }

	   void
	   my_func (MText *mt, MSymbol key, int num, char *str)
	   {
	     MYStruct *st = m17n_object (sizeof (MYStruct), my_freer);

	     st->mem1 = num;
	     st->mem2 = strdup (str);
	     /* KEY must be a managing key.   */
	     mtext_put_prop (mt, 0, mtext_len (mt), key, st);
	     /* This sets the reference count of ST back to 1.	*/
	     m17n_object_unref (st);
	   }

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
       Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

Version 1.6.2							    12 Jan 2011 						m17n_object(3m17n)