Initialization is internal RingBuffer logic

src/RingBuffer.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #include "RingBuffer.hpp"
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <thread>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstddef>
 
 RingBuffer::RingBuffer(size_t n_slots) : n_slots(n_slots), ringbuffer_slots(n_slots, 0){
     #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ void RingBuffer::initialize(size_t slot_size)
     this->buffer_size = slot_size * n_slots;
     this->frame_data_buffer = new char[buffer_size];
     this->buffer_used_slots = 0;
+    this->ring_buffer_initialized = true;
 
     #ifdef DEBUG
         std::cout << "[RingBuffer::initialize] Total buffer_size " << buffer_size << std::endl;
@@ -41,6 +49,11 @@ void RingBuffer::initialize(size_t slot_size)
 
 void RingBuffer::write(FrameMetadata &metadata, char* data)
 {
+    // Initialize the buffer on the first write.
+    if (!ring_buffer_initialized) {
+        initialize(metadata.frame_bytes_size);
+    }
+
     // All images must fit in the ring buffer.
     if (metadata.frame_bytes_size > slot_size) {
         std::stringstream error_message;
@@ -126,6 +139,7 @@ std::pair<FrameMetadata, char*> RingBuffer::read()
 
         if (frame_metadata_queue.empty()) {
             frame_metadata_queue_mutex.unlock();
+
             continue;
 
         } else {

src/RingBuffer.hpp

@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef RINGBUFFER_H
 #define RINGBUFFER_H
 
-#include <cstddef>
 #include <list>
-#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 #include <map>
-#include <stdexcept>
 #include <mutex>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <iostream>
+
 
 struct FrameMetadata
 {
@@ -35,6 +30,7 @@ class RingBuffer
     char* frame_data_buffer = NULL;
     size_t write_index = 0;
     size_t buffer_used_slots;
+    bool ring_buffer_initialized = false;
 
     std::list<FrameMetadata> frame_metadata_queue;
     std::mutex frame_metadata_queue_mutex;
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ class RingBuffer
         ~RingBuffer();
         void initialize(size_t slot_size);
         void write(FrameMetadata &metadata, char* data);
-        std::pair<FrameMetadata, char*>  read();
+        std::pair<FrameMetadata, char*> read();
         void release(size_t buffer_slot_index);
         bool is_empty();