private static void LinkAfter(PersistentHeapFreeSpace freedSpace, PersistentHeapFreeSpace after)
{
if (after == null) // there is no free space after the freed space
{
freedSpace.NextFreeSpace = FreeLinkedListNullPointer;
}
else // there is at least one free space after freed space
{
if (freedSpace.IsDirectlyBefore(after)) // the space after is next to freed space
{
freedSpace.MergeAfter(after);
}
else // the space after is not next to freed space
{
freedSpace.NextFreeSpace = after.StartIndex;
}
}
}
