OffHeapMemoryAllocator (Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.9 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

UnpooledOffHeapMemoryAllocator
```
public interface OffHeapMemoryAllocator
```
Allows for allocation of memory outside of the heap as well additional functionality surrounding it if necessary.

Since:

9.0

Author:

wburns

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`allocate(long memoryLength)`	Allocates a new chunk of memory sized to the given length.
`void`	`deallocate(long memoryAddress, long size)`	Deallocates the memory at the given address assuming a given size.
`long`	`getAllocatedAmount()`

- Method Detail
  - allocate
```
long allocate(long memoryLength)
```
    Allocates a new chunk of memory sized to the given length.
    
    Parameters:
    
    memoryLength - the size of memory to allocate
    
    Returns:
    
    the memory address where the memory resides
  - deallocate
```
void deallocate(long memoryAddress,
                long size)
```
    Deallocates the memory at the given address assuming a given size. This size is the size that was provided to allocate.
    
    Parameters:
    
    memoryAddress - the address to deallocate from
    
    size - the total size
  - getAllocatedAmount
```
long getAllocatedAmount()
```