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package org.apache.parquet.bytes;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

public interface ByteBufferAllocator {
  ByteBuffer allocate(int size);

  /**
   * For RefCounted implementations using direct memory, the release method
   * needs to be called to free references to the allocated memory.
   *
   * @param b a ByteBuffer
   */
  void release(ByteBuffer b);

  /**
   * Indicates if this allocator will produce ByteBuffers backed by direct memory.
   *
   * @return true if direct memory backed buffers will be created by this allocator, else false
   */
  boolean isDirect();
}
