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package io.net5.buffer.api;

/**
 * An object used by {@linkplain BufferAllocator buffer allocators} to communicate desirable properties of an
 * allocation to a {@linkplain MemoryManager memory manager}, such as whether an allocation should be off-heap.
 * <p>
 * Standard implementations of this interface can be found in {@link StandardAllocationTypes}.
 */
public interface AllocationType {
}