tensorflow/c/tf_buffer.h

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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_C_TF_BUFFER_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_C_TF_BUFFER_H_

#include <stddef.h>

#include "tensorflow/c/c_api_macros.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TF_Buffer holds a pointer to a block of data and its associated length.
// Typically, the data consists of a serialized protocol buffer, but other data
// may also be held in a buffer.
//
// By default, TF_Buffer itself does not do any memory management of the
// pointed-to block.  If need be, users of this struct should specify how to
// deallocate the block by setting the `data_deallocator` function pointer.
typedef struct TF_Buffer {
  const void* data;
  size_t length;
  void (*data_deallocator)(void* data, size_t length);
} TF_Buffer;

// Makes a copy of the input and sets an appropriate deallocator.  Useful for
// passing in read-only, input protobufs.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TF_Buffer* TF_NewBufferFromString(const void* proto,
                                                        size_t proto_len);

// Useful for passing *out* a protobuf.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TF_Buffer* TF_NewBuffer(void);

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_DeleteBuffer(TF_Buffer*);

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TF_Buffer TF_GetBuffer(TF_Buffer* buffer);

#ifdef __cplusplus
} /* end extern "C" */
#endif

#endif  // TENSORFLOW_C_TF_BUFFER_H_