Return a block of memory of the specified size (in bytes).
Declared in <bdlma_bufferedsequentialallocator.h>
virtual
void*
allocate(size_type size) override;Return the address of a contiguous block of memory of the specified size (in bytes) according to the alignment strategy specified at construction. If size is 0, no memory is allocated and 0 is returned. If the allocation request exceeds the remaining free memory space in the external buffer supplied at construction, use memory obtained from the allocator supplied at construction.