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package net.jxta.impl.content;
import java.net.URI;
/**
* Interface used to be able to access and manipulate content providers which
* are to be used during testing to share content but which are located in
* other class loaders.
*/
public interface ContentSharerSPI {
/**
* Initialize the instance.
*/
public void init();
/**
* Instruct the instance to share a Content built from the specified
* components.
*
* @param id ContentID to use
* @param data binary data to use
* @param mimeType MIME media type to use
* @param pub flag indicating whether or not the constructed Content
* should have it's ContentShareAdvertisement published by this instance.
* {@code true} to publish, {@code false} to not publish.
* @return bytes of a ContentShareAdvertisement of the Content which
* this instance created and shared.
*/
public byte[] share(URI id, byte[] data, String mimeType, boolean pub);
/**
* Shutdown the instance.
*/
public void destroy();
}