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package org.apache.geode.internal.offheap;


/**
 * Basic size and usage information about an off-heap memory block under inspection. For test
 * validation only.
 * 
 * @since Geode 1.0
 */
public interface MemoryBlock {

  public enum State {
    /** Unused fragment (not used and not in a free list) */
    UNUSED,
    /** Allocated chunk currently in use */
    ALLOCATED,
    /** Deallocated chunk currently in a free list */
    DEALLOCATED
  }

  public State getState();

  /**
   * Returns the unsafe memory address of the first byte of this block.
   */
  public long getAddress();

  /**
   * Returns the size of this memory block in bytes.
   */
  public int getBlockSize();

  /**
   * Returns the next memory block immediately after this one.
   */
  public MemoryBlock getNextBlock();

  /**
   * Returns the identifier of which slab contains this block.
   */
  public int getSlabId();

  /**
   * Returns the identifier of which free list contains this block.
   */
  public int getFreeListId();

  public int getRefCount();

  public String getDataType();

  public boolean isSerialized();

  public boolean isCompressed();

  public Object getDataValue();
}