free

Declaration

virtual void free();

Overview

Classes derived from OSObject should override this function to deallocate or release all dynamic resources held by the instance, then call the superclass's implementation.

Caution:

1. You can not assume that you have completed initialization before free is called, so be very careful in your implementation.

2. OSObject's implementation performs the C++ delete of the instance, so be sure that you call the superclass implementation last in your implementation.

3. free must not fail; all resources must be deallocated or released on completion.

See Also

Miscellaneous

• getRetainCount
• init
• operator delete
• operator new
• release()
• release(int)
• retain
• serialize
• taggedRelease(const void *)
• taggedRelease(const void *, const int)
• taggedRetain