[#BloombergLP-bdlma-BufferImpUtil]
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This `struct` provides a namespace for a suite of pure procedures for allocating memory from a buffer.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlma_bufferimputil.h>`

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struct BufferImpUtil;
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== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateFromBuffer.adoc[`allocateFromBuffer`] 
| Allocate a memory block from a buffer using the specified alignment strategy.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateFromBufferRaw.adoc[`allocateFromBufferRaw`] 
| Allocate a memory block from a buffer using the specified alignment strategy, without checking capacity.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateMaximallyAlignedFromBuffer.adoc[`allocateMaximallyAlignedFromBuffer`] 
| Allocate a maximally‐aligned memory block from a buffer.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateMaximallyAlignedFromBufferRaw.adoc[`allocateMaximallyAlignedFromBufferRaw`] 
| Allocate a maximally‐aligned memory block from a buffer, without checking capacity.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateNaturallyAlignedFromBuffer.adoc[`allocateNaturallyAlignedFromBuffer`] 
| Allocate a naturally‐aligned memory block from a buffer.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateNaturallyAlignedFromBufferRaw.adoc[`allocateNaturallyAlignedFromBufferRaw`] 
| Allocate a naturally‐aligned memory block from a buffer, without checking capacity.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateOneByteAlignedFromBuffer.adoc[`allocateOneByteAlignedFromBuffer`] 
| Allocate a 1‐byte‐aligned memory block from a buffer.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferImpUtil/allocateOneByteAlignedFromBufferRaw.adoc[`allocateOneByteAlignedFromBufferRaw`] 
| Allocate a 1‐byte‐aligned memory block from a buffer, without checking capacity.
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