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package com.velocitypowered.natives;

import com.velocitypowered.natives.util.BufferPreference;

/**
 * Generic interface for any Velocity native.
 */
public interface Native {

  /**
   * Returns the preferred {@link BufferPreference} for this native implementation.
   *
   * <p>This informs the caller whether the native prefers direct or heap-based buffers
   * when interfacing with Netty or native memory operations.</p>
   *
   * @return the preferred buffer type
   */
  BufferPreference preferredBufferType();
}