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27
28 package org.apache.http.nio.util;
29
30 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
31
32 /**
33 * Abstract interface to allocate {@link ByteBuffer} instances.
34 *
35 * @since 4.0
36 */
37 public interface ByteBufferAllocator {
38
39 /**
40 * Allocates {@link ByteBuffer} of the given size.
41 *
42 * @param size the size of the buffer.
43 * @return byte buffer.
44 */
45 ByteBuffer allocate(int size);
46
47 }