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/*
 * Copyright 2022 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:
 *
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 *
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package io.netty.buffer;

/**
 * An interface that can be implemented by any object that know how to turn itself into a {@link ByteBuf}.
 * All {@link ByteBuf} classes implement this interface, and return themselves.
 */
public interface ByteBufConvertible {
    /**
     * Turn this object into a {@link ByteBuf}.
     * This does not increment the reference count of the {@link ByteBuf} instance.
     * The conversion or exposure of the {@link ByteBuf} must be idempotent, so that this method can be called
     * either once, or multiple times, without causing any change in program behaviour.
     *
     * @return A {@link ByteBuf} instance from this object.
     */
    ByteBuf asByteBuf();
}