geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/ByteBufferWriter.java

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package org.apache.geode.internal;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Used by a couple of our classes to say they can have a ByteBuffer written to them.
 */
public interface ByteBufferWriter {
  /**
   * Writes bb.position()..bb.limit() bytes to this writer. Note that some implementations of this
   * interface will keep a reference to bb so callers should expect to give up ownership of bb and
   * should not modify it after calling this method.
   */
  void write(ByteBuffer bb);
}