directmemory-cache/src/main/java/org/apache/directmemory/memory/allocator/DirectByteBufferUtils.java

package org.apache.directmemory.memory.allocator;

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import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;

/**
 * Utility class around direct {@link ByteBuffer} 
 *
 */
public class DirectByteBufferUtils
{

    /**
     * Clear and release the internal content of a direct {@link ByteBuffer}.
     * Clearing manually the content avoid waiting till the GC do his job.
     * @param buffer : the buffer to clear
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     * @throws InvocationTargetException
     * @throws SecurityException
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
     */
    public static void destroyDirectByteBuffer( final ByteBuffer buffer )
        throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, SecurityException,
        NoSuchMethodException
    {

        checkArgument( buffer.isDirect(), "toBeDestroyed isn't direct!" );

        Method cleanerMethod = buffer.getClass().getMethod( "cleaner" );
        cleanerMethod.setAccessible( true );
        Object cleaner = cleanerMethod.invoke( buffer );
        Method cleanMethod = cleaner.getClass().getMethod( "clean" );
        cleanMethod.setAccessible( true );
        cleanMethod.invoke( cleaner );

    }
    
}