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package com.hazelcast.internal.memory;
import com.hazelcast.nio.Disposable;
/**
* Contract to allocate and access memory in an abstract address space, which is not necessarily the
* underlying CPU's native address space. Memory allocated from the {@link MemoryAllocator} must be
* accessed through the {@link MemoryAccessor}.
*/
public interface MemoryManager extends Disposable {
/**
* @return the associated {@link MemoryAllocator}
*/
MemoryAllocator getAllocator();
/**
* @return the associated {@link MemoryAccessor}
*/
MemoryAccessor getAccessor();
}