template<typename T, size_t stack_capacity>
class StackAllocator : public std::allocator<T> {
public:
typedef typename std::allocator<T>::pointer pointer;
typedef typename std::allocator<T>::size_type size_type;
// Backing store for the allocator. The container owner is responsible for
// maintaining this for as long as any containers using this allocator are
// live.
struct Source {
Source() : used_stack_buffer_(false) {
}
// Casts the buffer in its right type.
T* stack_buffer() { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(stack_buffer_); }
const T* stack_buffer() const {
return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(stack_buffer_);
}
//
// IMPORTANT: Take care to ensure that stack_buffer_ is aligned
// since it is used to mimic an array of T.
// Be careful while declaring any unaligned types (like bool)
// before stack_buffer_.
//
// The buffer itself. It is not of type T because we don't want the
// constructors and destructors to be automatically called. Define a POD
// buffer of the right size instead.
char stack_buffer_[sizeof(T[stack_capacity])];
// Set when the stack buffer is used for an allocation. We do not track
// how much of the buffer is used, only that somebody is using it.
bool used_stack_buffer_;
};
// Used by containers when they want to refer to an allocator of type U.
template<typename U>
struct rebind {
typedef StackAllocator<U, stack_capacity> other;
};
// For the straight up copy c-tor, we can share storage.
StackAllocator(const StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity>& rhs)
: source_(rhs.source_) {
}
// ISO C++ requires the following constructor to be defined,
// and std::vector in VC++2008SP1 Release fails with an error
// in the class _Container_base_aux_alloc_real (from <xutility>)
// if the constructor does not exist.
// For this constructor, we cannot share storage; there's
// no guarantee that the Source buffer of Ts is large enough
// for Us.
// TODO: If we were fancy pants, perhaps we could share storage
// iff sizeof(T) == sizeof(U).
template<typename U, size_t other_capacity>
StackAllocator(const StackAllocator<U, other_capacity>& other)
: source_(NULL) {
}
explicit StackAllocator(Source* source) : source_(source) {
}
// Actually do the allocation. Use the stack buffer if nobody has used it yet
// and the size requested fits. Otherwise, fall through to the standard
// allocator.
pointer allocate(size_type n, void* hint = 0) {
if (source_ != NULL && !source_->used_stack_buffer_
&& n <= stack_capacity) {
source_->used_stack_buffer_ = true;
return source_->stack_buffer();
} else {
return std::allocator<T>::allocate(n, hint);
}
}
// Free: when trying to free the stack buffer, just mark it as free. For
// non-stack-buffer pointers, just fall though to the standard allocator.
void deallocate(pointer p, size_type n) {
if (source_ != NULL && p == source_->stack_buffer())
source_->used_stack_buffer_ = false;
else
std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
}
private:
Source* source_;
};
// A wrapper around STL containers that maintains a stack-sized buffer that the
// initial capacity of the vector is based on. Growing the container beyond the
// stack capacity will transparently overflow onto the heap. The container must
// support reserve().
//
// WATCH OUT: the ContainerType MUST use the proper StackAllocator for this
// type. This object is really intended to be used only internally. You'll want
// to use the wrappers below for different types.
template<typename TContainerType, int stack_capacity>
class StackContainer {
public:
typedef TContainerType ContainerType;
typedef typename ContainerType::value_type ContainedType;
typedef StackAllocator<ContainedType, stack_capacity> Allocator;
// Allocator must be constructed before the container!
StackContainer() : allocator_(&stack_data_), container_(allocator_) {
// Make the container use the stack allocation by reserving our buffer size
// before doing anything else.
container_.reserve(stack_capacity);
}
// Getters for the actual container.
//
// Danger: any copies of this made using the copy constructor must have
// shorter lifetimes than the source. The copy will share the same allocator
// and therefore the same stack buffer as the original. Use std::copy to
// copy into a "real" container for longer-lived objects.
ContainerType& container() { return container_; }
const ContainerType& container() const { return container_; }
// Support operator-> to get to the container. This allows nicer syntax like:
// StackContainer<...> foo;
// std::sort(foo->begin(), foo->end());
ContainerType* operator->() { return &container_; }
const ContainerType* operator->() const { return &container_; }
#ifdef UNIT_TEST
// Retrieves the stack source so that that unit tests can verify that the
// buffer is being used properly.
const typename Allocator::Source& stack_data() const {
return stack_data_;
}
#endif
protected:
typename Allocator::Source stack_data_;
Allocator allocator_;
ContainerType container_;
DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(StackContainer);
};
// StackString
template<size_t stack_capacity>
class StackString : public StackContainer<
std::basic_string<char,
std::char_traits<char>,
StackAllocator<char, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity> {
public:
StackString() : StackContainer<
std::basic_string<char,
std::char_traits<char>,
StackAllocator<char, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity>() {
}
private:
DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(StackString);
};
// StackWString
template<size_t stack_capacity>
class StackWString : public StackContainer<
std::basic_string<wchar_t,
std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
StackAllocator<wchar_t, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity> {
public:
StackWString() : StackContainer<
std::basic_string<wchar_t,
std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
StackAllocator<wchar_t, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity>() {
}
private:
DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(StackWString);
};
// StackVector
//
// Example:
// StackVector<int, 16> foo;
// foo->push_back(22); // we have overloaded operator->
// foo[0] = 10; // as well as operator[]
template<typename T, size_t stack_capacity>
class StackVector : public StackContainer<
std::vector<T, StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity> {
public:
StackVector() : StackContainer<
std::vector<T, StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity>() {
}
// We need to put this in STL containers sometimes, which requires a copy
// constructor. We can't call the regular copy constructor because that will
// take the stack buffer from the original. Here, we create an empty object
// and make a stack buffer of its own.
StackVector(const StackVector<T, stack_capacity>& other)
: StackContainer<
std::vector<T, StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity> >,
stack_capacity>() {
this->container().assign(other->begin(), other->end());
}
StackVector<T, stack_capacity>& operator=(
const StackVector<T, stack_capacity>& other) {
this->container().assign(other->begin(), other->end());
return *this;
}
// Vectors are commonly indexed, which isn't very convenient even with
// operator-> (using "->at()" does exception stuff we don't want).
T& operator[](size_t i) { return this->container().operator[](i); }
const T& operator[](size_t i) const {
return this->container().operator[](i);
}
};