| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015 Eike Stepper (Berlin, Germany) and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation |
| */ |
| package org.eclipse.net4j.buffer; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides clients with the ability to pass {@link IBuffer}s in for further buffer handling. |
| * |
| * @author Eike Stepper |
| */ |
| public interface IBufferHandler |
| { |
| /** |
| * Handles an {@link IBuffer} and optionally releases it. The implementor of this method takes over the ownership of |
| * the buffer. Care must be taken to properly {@link IBuffer#release() release} the buffer if the ownership is not |
| * explicitely passed to some further party. |
| * |
| * @param buffer |
| * The buffer to be handled and otionally released. |
| */ |
| public void handleBuffer(IBuffer buffer); |
| } |
