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package com.mongodb.internal.connection.tlschannel;

import org.bson.ByteBuf;

A factory for ByteBufs. Implementations are free to return heap or direct buffers, or to do any kind of pooling. They are also expected to be thread-safe. /**
 * A factory for {@link ByteBuf}s. Implementations are free to return heap or
 * direct buffers, or to do any kind of pooling. They are also expected to be
 * thread-safe.
 */
public interface BufferAllocator {

    
Allocate a ByteBuf with the given initial capacity. /**
     * Allocate a {@link ByteBuf} with the given initial capacity.
     */
    ByteBuf allocate(int size);

    
Deallocate the given ByteBuf. 
Params:
buffer – the buffer to deallocate, that should have been allocated using the same BufferAllocator instance/**
     * Deallocate the given {@link ByteBuf}.
     *
     * @param buffer the buffer to deallocate, that should have been allocated using
     *               the same {@link BufferAllocator} instance
     */
    void free(ByteBuf buffer);

}