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package org.apache.mina.util.byteaccess;


import org.apache.mina.core.buffer.IoBuffer;


/**
 * Creates <code>ByteArray</code> backed by a heap-allocated
 * <code>IoBuffer</code>. The free method on returned
 * <code>ByteArray</code>s is a nop.
 * 
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public class SimpleByteArrayFactory implements ByteArrayFactory
{
    /**
     * 
     * Creates a new instance of SimpleByteArrayFactory.
     *
     */
    public SimpleByteArrayFactory()
    {
        super();
    }


    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    public ByteArray create( int size )
    {
        if ( size < 0 )
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Buffer size must not be negative:" + size );
        }
        IoBuffer bb = IoBuffer.allocate( size );
        ByteArray ba = new BufferByteArray( bb )
        {

            @Override
            public void free()
            {
                // Nothing to do.
            }

        };
        return ba;
    }

}
