Interface IBufferManager

Namespace

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage

Assembly

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.dll

An interface that allows clients to provide a buffer manager to a given service client. This interface is patterned after the System.ServiceModel.Channels.BufferManager class.

public interface IBufferManager

Methods

GetDefaultBufferSize()

Gets the size, in bytes, of the buffers managed by the given pool. Note that the buffer manager must return buffers of the exact size requested by the client.

int GetDefaultBufferSize()

Returns

int

The size, in bytes, of the buffers managed by the given pool.

ReturnBuffer(byte[])

Returns a buffer to the pool.

void ReturnBuffer(byte[] buffer)

Parameters

buffer byte[]

A byte array specifying the buffer to return to the pool.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

Buffer reference cannot be null.

ArgumentException

Length of buffer does not match the pool's buffer length property.

TakeBuffer(int)

Gets a buffer of the specified size or larger from the pool.

byte[] TakeBuffer(int bufferSize)

Parameters

bufferSize int

The size, in bytes, of the requested buffer.

Returns

byte[]

A byte array that is the requested size of the buffer.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value specified for bufferSize cannot be less than zero.