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package com.baidu.hugegraph.computer.core.network.buffer;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;

/**
 * This interface provides an immutable view for data in the form of bytes
 * with reference counting.
 *
 * The implementation should specify how the data is provided:
 *
 * - {@link NioBuffer}: data backed by a NIO ByteBuffer
 * - {@link NettyBuffer}: data backed by a Netty ByteBuf
 * - {@link FileRegionBuffer}: data backed by a File Region
 */
public interface NetworkBuffer {

    /**
     * Number of bytes of the data.
     */
    int length();

    /**
     * Increase the reference count by one if applicable.
     */
    NetworkBuffer retain();

    /**
     * If applicable, decrease the reference count by one and deallocates
     * the buffer if the reference count reaches zero.
     */
    NetworkBuffer release();

    /**
     * Returns the reference count.
     */
    int referenceCount();

    /**
     * Exposes this buffer's data as an NIO ByteBuffer.
     * Changing the position and limit of the returned ByteBuffer should not
     * affect the content of this buffer.
     */
    ByteBuffer nioByteBuffer();

    /**
     * Convert the buffer into an ByteBuf object, used to write the data out.
     */
    ByteBuf nettyByteBuf();

    /**
     * Copy to a new byte[]
     */
    byte[] copyToByteArray();
}