org.terracotta.offheapstore.buffersource

Interface BufferSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

HeapBufferSource, OffHeapBufferSource, TimingBufferSource

public interface BufferSource

A source of NIO buffers of some type.

Author:

Chris Dennis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ByteBuffer	allocateBuffer(int size) Allocates a buffer of the given size.

Method Detail

allocateBuffer

ByteBuffer allocateBuffer(int size)

Allocates a buffer of the given size.

If a suitable buffer cannot be allocated then null should be returned. Implementations may place restrictions on the valid size value they will accept.

Parameters:

size - required buffer size

Returns:

a buffer of the required size