IBufferProvider (Net4j Signalling Platform Documentation)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IBufferPool, IBufferPool.Introspection, IBufferProvider.Introspection, IBufferProvider.Notification, InternalChannel, InternalChannelMultiplexer, InternalConnector

All Known Implementing Classes:

Channel, ChannelMultiplexer, Connector
```
public interface IBufferProvider
```
Provides clients with the ability to obtain and retain IBuffers.

Author:

Eike Stepper

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`IBufferProvider.Introspection`	Offers additional introspection features for `buffer providers`.
`static interface`	`IBufferProvider.Notification`	Offers additional notification features for `buffer providers`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`short`	`getBufferCapacity()`	Returns the capacity of the buffers provided by `provideBuffer()` .
`IBuffer`	`provideBuffer()`	Provides a buffer from this `BufferProvider`.
`void`	`retainBuffer(IBuffer buffer)`	Retains a buffer to this `BufferProvider`.

- Method Detail
  - getBufferCapacity
```
short getBufferCapacity()
```
    Returns the capacity of the buffers provided by provideBuffer() .
  - provideBuffer
```
IBuffer provideBuffer()
```
    Provides a buffer from this BufferProvider.
  - retainBuffer
```
void retainBuffer(IBuffer buffer)
```
    Retains a buffer to this BufferProvider.