/// <summary>
/// Allocates a symbol of the given name in the specified section.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the symbol.</param>
/// <param name="section">The executable section to allocate From.</param>
/// <param name="size">The number of bytes to allocate. If zero, indicates an unknown amount of memory is required.</param>
/// <param name="alignment">The alignment. A value of zero indicates the use of a default alignment for the section.</param>
/// <returns>
/// A stream, which can be used to populate the section.
/// </returns>
public virtual Stream Allocate(string name, SectionKind section, int size, int alignment)
{
Stream stream = Allocate(section, size, alignment);
try
{
// Create a linker symbol for the name
LinkerSymbol symbol = new LinkerSymbol(name, section, stream.Position);
// Save the symbol for later use
_symbols.Add(symbol.Name, symbol);
// Wrap the stream to catch premature disposal
stream = new LinkerStream(symbol, stream, size);
} catch (ArgumentException argx)
{
throw new LinkerException(String.Format("Symbol {0} defined multiple times.", name), argx);
}
return(stream);
}
/// <summary>
/// Allocates a symbol of the given name in the specified section.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the symbol.</param>
/// <param name="section">The executable section to allocate From.</param>
/// <param name="size">The number of bytes to allocate. If zero, indicates an unknown amount of memory is required.</param>
/// <param name="alignment">The alignment. A value of zero indicates the use of a default alignment for the section.</param>
/// <returns>
/// A stream, which can be used to populate the section.
/// </returns>
public virtual Stream Allocate(string name, SectionKind section, int size, int alignment)
{
Stream result;
Stream baseStream = Allocate(section, size, alignment);
try
{
// Create a linker symbol for the name
LinkerSymbol symbol = new LinkerSymbol(name, section, baseStream.Position);
// Save the symbol for later use
_symbols.Add(symbol.Name, symbol);
// Wrap the stream to catch premature disposal
result = new LinkerStream(symbol, baseStream, size);
}
catch (ArgumentException argx)
{
throw new LinkerException(String.Format(@"Symbol {0} defined multiple times.", name), argx);
}
return result;
}
