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18 
19 #ifndef GRPCPP_SUPPORT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATOR_H
20 #define GRPCPP_SUPPORT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATOR_H
21 
22 namespace grpc {
23 
24 // NOTE: This is an API for advanced users who need custom allocators.
25 // Per rpc struct for the allocator. This is the interface to return to user.
26 class RpcAllocatorState {
27  public:
28   virtual ~RpcAllocatorState() = default;
29   // Optionally deallocate request early to reduce the size of working set.
30   // A custom MessageAllocator needs to be registered to make use of this.
31   // This is not abstract because implementing it is optional.
FreeRequest()32   virtual void FreeRequest() {}
33 };
34 
35 // This is the interface returned by the allocator.
36 // grpc library will call the methods to get request/response pointers and to
37 // release the object when it is done.
38 template <typename RequestT, typename ResponseT>
39 class MessageHolder : public RpcAllocatorState {
40  public:
41   // Release this object. For example, if the custom allocator's
42   // AllocateMessasge creates an instance of a subclass with new, the Release()
43   // should do a "delete this;".
44   virtual void Release() = 0;
request()45   RequestT* request() { return request_; }
response()46   ResponseT* response() { return response_; }
47 
48  protected:
set_request(RequestT * request)49   void set_request(RequestT* request) { request_ = request; }
set_response(ResponseT * response)50   void set_response(ResponseT* response) { response_ = response; }
51 
52  private:
53   // NOTE: subclasses should set these pointers.
54   RequestT* request_;
55   ResponseT* response_;
56 };
57 
58 // A custom allocator can be set via the generated code to a callback unary
59 // method, such as SetMessageAllocatorFor_Echo(custom_allocator). The allocator
60 // needs to be alive for the lifetime of the server.
61 // Implementations need to be thread-safe.
62 template <typename RequestT, typename ResponseT>
63 class MessageAllocator {
64  public:
65   virtual ~MessageAllocator() = default;
66   virtual MessageHolder<RequestT, ResponseT>* AllocateMessages() = 0;
67 };
68 
69 }  // namespace grpc
70 
71 #endif  // GRPCPP_SUPPORT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATOR_H
72