ByteBufConvertible Type — netty Architecture

Source Code

buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ByteBufConvertible.java lines 22–32

public interface ByteBufConvertible {
    /**
     * Turn this object into a {@link ByteBuf}.
     * This does <strong>not</strong> increment the reference count of the {@link ByteBuf} instance.
     * The conversion or exposure of the {@link ByteBuf} must be idempotent, so that this method can be called
     * either once, or multiple times, without causing any change in program behaviour.
     *
     * @return A {@link ByteBuf} instance from this object.
     */
    ByteBuf asByteBuf();
}