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#ifndef _SmallObjectAllocator_H__
#define _SmallObjectAllocator_H__

#include "UtilPrereqs.h"
#include <vector>

namespace orxonox
{
    class _UtilExport SmallObjectAllocator
    {
        struct Chunk
        {
            Chunk* next_;
        };

        public:
            SmallObjectAllocator(size_t objectSize, size_t numObjects = 64);
            ~SmallObjectAllocator();

            void* alloc();
            void free(void* chunk);

        private:
            static void setNext(void* chunk, void* next);
            static void* getNext(void* chunk);

            void* first_;
            size_t objectSize_;
            size_t numObjects_;

            std::vector<char*> blocks_;
    };
}

#endif /* _SmallObjectAllocator_H__ */