001/* 002 * Copyright 2013 Alex Kasko (alexkasko.com) 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package com.alexkasko.unsafe.offheap; 018 019/** 020 * Basic interface for off-heap classes that support manual memory freeing. 021 * Not freed memory will be released on {@link OffHeapMemory} (impl) instances garbage collection. 022 * 023 * @author alexkasko 024 * Date: 3/5/13 025 */ 026public interface OffHeapDisposable { 027 /** 028 * Frees allocated memory, may be called multiple times from any thread 029 */ 030 void free(); 031}