netty5/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/RecvByteBufAllocator.java
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/*
* Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
*
* The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
* version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
* with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
* License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
* under the License.
*/
package io.netty.channel;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
/**
* Allocates a new receive buffer whose capacity is probably large enough to read all inbound data and small enough
* not to waste its space.
*/
public interface RecvByteBufAllocator {
/**
* Creates a new handle. The handle provides the actual operations and keeps the internal information which is
* required for predicting an optimal buffer capacity.
*/
Handle newHandle();
interface Handle {
/**
* Creates a new receive buffer whose capacity is probably large enough to read all inbound data and small
* enough not to waste its space.
*/
ByteBuf allocate(ByteBufAllocator alloc);
/**
* Similar to {@link #allocate(ByteBufAllocator)} except that it does not allocate anything but just tells the
* capacity.
*/
int guess();
/**
* Records the the actual number of read bytes in the previous read operation so that the allocator allocates
* the buffer with potentially more correct capacity.
*
* @param actualReadBytes the actual number of read bytes in the previous read operation
*/
void record(int actualReadBytes);
}
}