IMalloc interface (objidl.h)

Allocates, frees, and manages memory.

Inheritance

The IMalloc interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IMalloc also has these types of members:

Methods

The IMalloc interface has these methods.

 
IMalloc::Alloc

Allocates a block of memory. (IMalloc.Alloc)
IMalloc::DidAlloc

The IMalloc::DidAlloc method (objidl.h) determines whether this allocator was used to allocate the specified block of memory.
IMalloc::Free

The IMalloc::Free method (objidl.h) frees a previously allocated block of memory.
IMalloc::GetSize

The IMalloc::GetSize method (objidl.h) retrieves the size of a previously allocated block of memory.
IMalloc::HeapMinimize

The IMalloc::HeapMinimize method (objidl.h) minimizes the heap by releasing unused memory to the operating system, coalescing adjacent free blocks, and committing free pages.
IMalloc::Realloc

The IMalloc::Realloc method (objidl.h) changes the size of a previously allocated block of memory.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header objidl.h (include ObjIdl.h)

See also

CoGetMalloc

CoRegisterMallocSpy

CoRevokeMallocSpy

IMallocSpy