001    /**
002     * Copyright 2007 Mike Kroutikov.
003     *
004     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
005     *   it under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License as 
006     *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
007     *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
008     *
009     *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
010     *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
011     *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
012     *   Lesser GNU General Public License for more details.
013     *
014     *   You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License
015     *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
016     */
017    
018    package org.otfeed.support;
019    
020    import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
021    
022    /**
023     * Defines contract for ByteBuffer allocation service.
024     *
025     */
026    public interface IBufferAllocator {
027    
028            /**
029             * Allocates ByteBuffer with the given capacity.
030             * 
031             * @param size capacity (in bytes).
032             * @return buffer.
033             */
034            public ByteBuffer allocate(int size);
035    }