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*/
/*
* Created on Aug 27, 2008
*/
package com.bigdata.service.proxy;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import com.bigdata.striterator.IChunkedIterator;
/**
* Interface for objects proxying for asynchronous chunked iterators. This is
* used to export iterators. We wrap an {@link IChunkedIterator} with an object
* that implements this interface, and then export a proxy for that object. On
* the client, we wrap the proxy so as to hide the {@link IOException}s and
* regain our original interface signature.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
* @version $Id$
* @param <E>
* The generic type of the elements visited by the source iterator.
*/
public interface IRemoteChunkedIterator<E> extends Remote {
/**
* Close the remote iterator.
*
* @throws IOException
*/
public void close() throws IOException;
/**
* Return the next "chunk" from the iterator.
*
* @return The next {@link IRemoteChunk}.
*/
public IRemoteChunk<E> nextChunk() throws IOException;
}