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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();
}