com.google.code.yanf4j.buffer

Interface IoBufferAllocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachedBufferAllocator, SimpleBufferAllocator

public interface IoBufferAllocator

Allocates IoBuffers and manages them. Please implement this interface if you need more advanced memory management scheme.

Version:

$Rev: 671827 $, $Date: 2008-06-26 10:49:48 +0200 (Thu, 26 Jun 2008) $

Author:

The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IoBuffer	allocate(int capacity, boolean direct) Returns the buffer which is capable of the specified size.
ByteBuffer	allocateNioBuffer(int capacity, boolean direct) Returns the NIO buffer which is capable of the specified size.
void	dispose() Dispose of this allocator.
IoBuffer	wrap(ByteBuffer nioBuffer) Wraps the specified NIO ByteBuffer into MINA buffer.

Method Detail

allocate

IoBuffer allocate(int capacity,
                boolean direct)

Returns the buffer which is capable of the specified size.

Parameters:

capacity - the capacity of the buffer

direct - true to get a direct buffer, false to get a heap buffer.

allocateNioBuffer

ByteBuffer allocateNioBuffer(int capacity,
                           boolean direct)

Returns the NIO buffer which is capable of the specified size.

Parameters:

capacity - the capacity of the buffer

direct - true to get a direct buffer, false to get a heap buffer.

wrap

IoBuffer wrap(ByteBuffer nioBuffer)

Wraps the specified NIO ByteBuffer into MINA buffer.

dispose

void dispose()

Dispose of this allocator.