using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace FishNet.Utility.Performance
{

    /// <summary>
    /// Retrieves and stores byte arrays using a pooling system.
    /// </summary>
    public static class ByteArrayPool
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Stored byte arrays.
        /// </summary>
        private static Queue<byte[]> _byteArrays = new Queue<byte[]>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a byte array which will be of at lesat minimum length. The returned array must manually be stored.
        /// </summary>
        public static byte[] Retrieve(int minimumLength)
        {
            byte[] result = null;

            if (_byteArrays.Count > 0)
                result = _byteArrays.Dequeue();

            int doubleMinimumLength = (minimumLength * 2);
            if (result == null)
                result = new byte[doubleMinimumLength];
            else if (result.Length < minimumLength)
                Array.Resize(ref result, doubleMinimumLength);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Stores a byte array for re-use.
        /// </summary>
        public static void Store(byte[] buffer)
        {
            /* Holy cow that's a lot of buffered
             * buffers. This wouldn't happen under normal
             * circumstances but if the user is stress
             * testing connections in one executable perhaps. */
            if (_byteArrays.Count > 300)
                return;
            _byteArrays.Enqueue(buffer);
        }

    }


}