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package com.hazelcast.internal.memory;
/**
* Accessor of global memory, both in CPU's native address space and on the Java heap.
* Since this is a global, singleton resource, there should be a global singleton instance
* of each applicable implementation of this interface.
*
* The instance of {@code GlobalMemoryAccessor} appropriate to the platform and intended usage
* can be retrieved from the {@link GlobalMemoryAccessorRegistry} by supplying the desired
* {@link GlobalMemoryAccessorType}, or by directly using the constants
* {@link GlobalMemoryAccessorRegistry#MEM} and {@link GlobalMemoryAccessorRegistry#MEM}.
*
* This interface also works as a {@code ByteAccessStrategy