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027
028package org.apache.http.nio.util;
029
030import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
031
032/**
033 * Abstract interface to allocate {@link ByteBuffer} instances.
034 *
035 * @since 4.0
036 */
037public interface ByteBufferAllocator {
038
039    /**
040     * Allocates {@link ByteBuffer} of the given size.
041     *
042     * @param size the size of the buffer.
043     * @return byte buffer.
044     */
045    ByteBuffer allocate(int size);
046
047}