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package org.restcomm.media.spi.pooling;

/**
 * Represents a resource pool that manages a collection of {@link PooledObject}.
 * 
 * @author Henrique Rosa ([email protected])
 *
 */
public interface ResourcePool {

    /**
     * Polls an object from the pool.

     * If the pool is empty, a new object shall be created.
     * 
     * @return An object from the pool.
     */
    T poll();

    /**
     * Offers an object to be placed into the pool.
     * 
     * @param resource The object to be placed into the pool.
     */
    void offer(T resource);

    /**
     * Releases all resources held by the pool.
     */
    void release();

    /**
     * Counts the number of idle elements in the pool.
     * 
     * @return the number of elements in the pool.
     */
    int count();

    /**
     * Gets the maximum size of the pool.
     * 
     * @return The pool size
     */
    int size();

    /**
     * Checks whether the pool contains at least one element.
     * 
     * @return Returns true is empty, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isEmpty();

}