org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl

Class SslBufferPool

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslBufferPool

public class SslBufferPool
extends Object

A ByteBuffer pool dedicated for SslHandler performance improvement.

In most cases, you won't need to create a new pool instance because SslHandler has a default pool instance internally.

The reason why SslHandler requires a buffer pool is because the current SSLEngine implementation always requires a 17KiB buffer for every 'wrap' and 'unwrap' operation. In most cases, the actual size of the required buffer is much smaller than that, and therefore allocating a 17KiB buffer for every 'wrap' and 'unwrap' operation wastes a lot of memory bandwidth, resulting in the application performance degradation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SslBufferPool() Creates a new buffer pool whose size is 18113536, which can hold 1024 buffers.
SslBufferPool(int maxPoolSize) Creates a new buffer pool.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ByteBuffer	acquireBuffer() Acquire a new ByteBuffer out of the SslBufferPool
int	getMaxPoolSize() Returns the maximum size of this pool in byte unit.
int	getUnacquiredPoolSize() Returns the number of bytes which were allocated but have not been acquired yet.
void	releaseBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer) Release a previous acquired ByteBuffer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SslBufferPool

public SslBufferPool()

Creates a new buffer pool whose size is 18113536, which can hold 1024 buffers.

SslBufferPool

public SslBufferPool(int maxPoolSize)

Creates a new buffer pool.

Parameters:

maxPoolSize - the maximum number of bytes that this pool can hold

Method Detail

getMaxPoolSize

public int getMaxPoolSize()

Returns the maximum size of this pool in byte unit. The returned value can be somewhat different from what was specified in the constructor.

getUnacquiredPoolSize

public int getUnacquiredPoolSize()

Returns the number of bytes which were allocated but have not been acquired yet. You can estimate how optimal the specified maximum pool size is from this value. If it keeps returning 0, it means the pool is getting exhausted. If it keeps returns a unnecessarily big value, it means the pool is wasting the heap space.

acquireBuffer

public ByteBuffer acquireBuffer()

Acquire a new ByteBuffer out of the SslBufferPool

releaseBuffer

public void releaseBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer)

Release a previous acquired ByteBuffer