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import _jpype

__all__ = ['convertToDirectBuffer']


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

    memoryview_of_obj = memoryview(obj)

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

    return _jpype.convertToDirectBuffer(memoryview_of_obj)