AcquireMagickResource() acquires resources of the specified type. MagickFalse is returned if the specified resource is exhausted otherwise MagickTrue.

The format of the AcquireMagickResource() method is:

  MagickBooleanType AcquireMagickResource(const ResourceType type,
    const MagickSizeType size)

A description of each parameter follows:

type

the type of resource.

size

the number of bytes needed from for this resource.

AcquireUniqueFileResource() returns a unique file name, and returns a file descriptor for the file open for reading and writing.

The format of the AcquireUniqueFileResource() method is:

  int AcquireUniqueFileResource(char *path)

A description of each parameter follows:

path

Specifies a pointer to an array of characters. The unique path name is returned in this array.

GetMagickResource() returns the specified resource.

The format of the GetMagickResource() method is:

  MagickSizeType GetMagickResource(const ResourceType type)

A description of each parameter follows:

type

the type of resource.

GetMagickResource() returns the specified resource limit.

The format of the GetMagickResourceLimit() method is:

  MagickSizeType GetMagickResourceLimit(const ResourceType type)

A description of each parameter follows:

type

the type of resource.

ListMagickResourceInfo() lists the resource info to a file.

The format of the ListMagickResourceInfo method is:

  MagickBooleanType ListMagickResourceInfo(FILE *file,
    ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows.

file

An pointer to a FILE.

exception

return any errors or warnings in this structure.

RelinquishMagickResource() relinquishes resources of the specified type.

The format of the RelinquishMagickResource() method is:

  void RelinquishMagickResource(const ResourceType type,
    const MagickSizeType size)

A description of each parameter follows:

type

the type of resource.

size

the size of the resource.

RelinquishUniqueFileResource() relinquishes a unique file resource.

The format of the RelinquishUniqueFileResource() method is:

  MagickBooleanType RelinquishUniqueFileResource(const char *path)

A description of each parameter follows:

name

the name of the temporary resource.

SetMagickResourceLimit() sets the limit for a particular resource.

The format of the SetMagickResourceLimit() method is:

  MagickBooleanType SetMagickResourceLimit(const ResourceType type,
    const MagickSizeType limit)

A description of each parameter follows:

type

the type of resource.

limit

the maximum limit for the resource.