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}