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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Schlichtherle IT Services.
* All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package de.schlichtherle.truezip.socket;
/**
* A provider for an I/O buffer pool.
*
* Implementations must be thread-safe.
*
* @author Christian Schlichtherle
*/
public interface IOPoolProvider {
/**
* Returns the I/O buffer pool to use for allocating temporary I/O buffers.
*
* Multiple invocations should return the same I/O buffer pool.
* However, callers should cache the return value for subsequent use in
* case it isn't always the same.
*
* @return The I/O buffer pool to use for allocating temporary I/O buffers.
*/
IOPool get();
}