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@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ namespace Bu
61 }; 61 };
62 /** @endcond */ 62 /** @endcond */
63 63
64 /**
65 * This makes creating a Blob piece at a time easy and fast. You can
66 * append, prepend, or insert with reasonable efficiency. The underlying
67 * data structure is currently a linked list, and the individual links are
68 * actually block allocated memory. If an amount of data is appended that
69 * is less than the minimum page size then the minimum page size is
70 * allocated. Subsequent appends will share that allocated buffer until it
71 * is full, at which point a new buffer will be created. If an amount
72 * greater than the minimum page size is appended then any extra space in
73 * the last buffer is used, and then the rest is placed in a single buffer.
74 * At most one buffer will be allocated for any given append or prepend
75 * operation. Due to the nature of insert, up to two buffers could be
76 * allocated.
77 *
78 * Insert operations will take O(N) time to find the location to insert to
79 * in the linked list, at that point the foud chunk will be split into two
80 * and the new data will be added at the new location. This will also
81 * attempt to share the existing buffers, but if there's extra it will
82 * allocate a new buffer for the remaining data.
83 */
64 class BlobBuilder : public Bu::SharedCore<BlobBuilder, BlobBuilderCore> 84 class BlobBuilder : public Bu::SharedCore<BlobBuilder, BlobBuilderCore>
65 { 85 {
66 protected: 86 protected: