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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : APPC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Amdocs
+ * =============================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+
+package org.onap.appc.pool;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+
+/**
+ * This interface is used to supply an object that will be called by the pool manager whenever a new widget must be
+ * allocated.
+ * @param <T>
+ *            The generic type that we are caching.
+ */
+
+public interface Allocator<T extends Closeable> {
+
+    /**
+     * Allocate an object of type <T> and return it to the pool
+     *
+     * @param pool
+     *            The pool that the object is to be allocated to
+     * @return An object of type T
+     */
+    T allocate(Pool<T> pool);
+}