ChildAllocator.java

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package org.apache.arrow.memory;

/**
 * Child allocator class. Only slightly different from the {@see RootAllocator}, in that these can't
 * be created directly, but must be obtained from {@link BufferAllocator#newChildAllocator(String,
 * AllocationListener, long, long)}.
 *
 * <p>Child allocators can only be created by the root, or other children, so this class is package
 * private.
 */
class ChildAllocator extends BaseAllocator {

  /**
   * Constructor.
   *
   * @param parentAllocator parent allocator -- the one creating this child
   * @param name the name of this child allocator
   * @param config configuration of this child allocator
   */
  ChildAllocator(BaseAllocator parentAllocator, String name, Config config) {
    super(parentAllocator, name, config);
  }
}