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package software.amazon.ion.impl.bin;
import java.io.Closeable;
/**
* Creates {@link Block} instances of fixed size. Instances are constructed by a {@link BlockAllocatorProvider}
* And are usable to allocate {@link Block} instances by the caller until {@link #close()} is called.
*
* A user must call {@link Block#close()} on all blocks allocated from this allocator, before invoking {@link #close()}.
*
* Implementations are not thread-safe.
*/
/*package*/ abstract class BlockAllocator implements Closeable
{
/*package*/ BlockAllocator() {}
/**
* Allocates a {@link Block} instance to the caller. The caller owns the block until {@link Block#close()} is
* called--once {@link Block#close()} is called, an implementation may re-allocate it to another caller.
*/
public abstract Block allocateBlock();
/** Returns the fixed block size of the allocator. */
public abstract int getBlockSize();
/**
* Releases the allocator back to the {@link BlockAllocatorProvider} from whence it came.
* This is used to allow underlying resources to be reclaimed and/or released properly.
*/
public abstract void close();
}