Memory allocation

Functions
NXstatus	NXmalloc (void **data, int rank, const int dimensions[], int datatype)
	Utility function which allocates a suitably sized memory area for the dataset characteristics specified. More...
NXstatus	NXfree (void **data)
	Utility function to release the memory for data. More...

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

NXstatus NXfree

(

void **

data

)

Utility function to release the memory for data.

Parameters

data	A pointer to a pointer to free.

Returns

NX_OK on success, NX_ERROR in the case of an error.

NXstatus NXmalloc	(	void **	data,
		int	rank,
		const int	dimensions[],
		int	datatype
	)

Utility function which allocates a suitably sized memory area for the dataset characteristics specified.

Parameters

data	A pointer to a pointer which will be initialized with a pointer to a suitably sized memory area.
rank	the rank of the data.
dimensions	An array holding the size of the data in each dimension.
datatype	The NeXus data type of the data.

Returns

NX_OK when allocation succeeds, NX_ERROR in the case of an error.