/*
 * memoryallocator.cpp
 *
 *  Created on: May 31, 2010
 *      Author: heber
 */

#include "Helpers/MemDebug.hpp"

using namespace std;

#include "memoryallocator.hpp"

/** Allocates a memory range using malloc().
 * Prints the provided error message in case of a failure.
 *
 * \param number of memory slices of type X to allocate
 * \param failure message which is printed if the allocation fails
 * \return pointer to the allocated memory range, will be NULL if a failure occurred
 */
template <> char* Malloc<char>(size_t size, const char* output)
{
  char* buffer = NULL;
  buffer = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char) * (size + 1));
  for (size_t i = size; i--;)
    buffer[i] = (i % 2 == 0) ? 'p': 'c';
  buffer[size] = '\0';

  if (buffer != NULL) {
    //MemoryUsageObserver::getInstance()->addMemory(buffer, size);
  } else {
    Log() << Verbose(0) << "Malloc for datatype " << typeid(char).name()
      << " failed - pointer is NULL: " << output << endl;
  }

  return buffer;
};