public interface IOPool<E extends IOEntry<E>>
extends Pool<IOPool.Entry<E>,IOException>

A pool for allocating I/O buffers, which are used as a volatile storage for bulk data. Typical implementations may use temporary files for big data or byte arrays for small data. The I/O buffers are referred to by IOEntrys.

Implementations must be thread-safe. However, this does not necessarily apply to the implementation of its managed resources, i.e. the IOEntrys.