BufferAllocator (XNIO API 3.8.8.Final API)

Type Parameters:

B - the buffer type
```
public interface BufferAllocator<B extends java.nio.Buffer>
```
A simple allocator for buffers.

Author:

David M. Lloyd

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static BufferAllocator<java.nio.ByteBuffer>`	`BYTE_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR`	A simple allocator for heap-array-backed byte buffers.
`static BufferAllocator<java.nio.ByteBuffer>`	`DIRECT_BYTE_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR`	A simple allocator for direct byte buffers.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

B allocate(int size)
Allocate a buffer of the given size.

- Field Detail
  - BYTE_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR
```
static final BufferAllocator<java.nio.ByteBuffer> BYTE_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR
```
    A simple allocator for heap-array-backed byte buffers.
  - DIRECT_BYTE_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR
```
static final BufferAllocator<java.nio.ByteBuffer> DIRECT_BYTE_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR
```
    A simple allocator for direct byte buffers.
- Method Detail
  - allocate
```
B allocate(int size)
    throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
```
    Allocate a buffer of the given size.
    
    Parameters:
    
    size - the size
    
    Returns:
    
    the buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given buffer size is less than zero