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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace System.Buffers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Owner of Memory<typeparamref name="T"/> that is responsible for disposing the underlying memory appropriately.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IMemoryOwner<T> : IDisposable
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a Memory<typeparamref name="T"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        Memory<T> Memory { get; }
+    }
+}