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package io.vertx.core.spi;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;

Author:
Tim Fox/**
 * @author <a href="http://tfox.org">Tim Fox</a>
 */
public interface BufferFactory {

  Buffer buffer(int initialSizeHint);

  Buffer buffer();

  Buffer buffer(String str);

  Buffer buffer(String str, String enc);

  Buffer buffer(byte[] bytes);

  Buffer buffer(ByteBuf byteBuffer);

  Buffer directBuffer(String str, String enc);

  
Create a direct buffer, use this with care as Vert.x buffers are not releasable (unpooled) and you would need to release the underlying Netty wrapped ByteBuf. 
Params:
bytes – the bytes
Returns:
the buffer/**
   * Create a direct buffer, use this with care as Vert.x buffers are not releasable (unpooled) and you would need
   * to release the underlying Netty wrapped {@code ByteBuf}.
   *
   * @param bytes the bytes
   * @return the buffer
   */
  Buffer directBuffer(byte[] bytes);

}