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package org.apache.jena.tdb.base.file;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer ;

import org.apache.jena.atlas.lib.Closeable ;

/**
 * An allocator for retrieving ByteBuffers of a given size.
 */
public interface BufferAllocator extends Closeable
{
    /**
     * Allocate and return a ByteBuffer of the given size
     * @param capacity the desired size of the ByteBuffer
     * @return a ByteBuffer with the capacity set to the desired size
     */
    public ByteBuffer allocate(int capacity);
    
    /**
     * Call this method when you are finished with all of the ByteBuffers
     * retrieved from allocate.  The BufferAllocator is then free to reuse
     * memory that was previously handed out.
     */
    public void clear();
}
