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import sys

import _jpype


if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
    _mem_view = _jpype.memoryview  # own memoryview implementation
else:
    _mem_view = memoryview


def _initialize() :
    pass

def convertToDirectBuffer(obj):
    __doc__ = '''Efficiently convert all array.array and numpy ndarray types, string and unicode to java.nio.Buffer objects.'''

    memoryview_of_obj = _mem_view(obj)

    if memoryview_of_obj.readonly:
        raise ValueError("Memoryview must be writable for wrapping in a byte buffer")

    return _jpype.convertToDirectBuffer(memoryview_of_obj)