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* Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
*
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* version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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*
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*
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package io.netty.handler.stream;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
/**
* A data stream of indefinite length which is consumed by {@link ChunkedWriteHandler}.
*/
public interface ChunkedInput<B> {
/**
* Return {@code true} if and only if there is no data left in the stream
* and the stream has reached at its end.
*/
boolean isEndOfInput() throws Exception;
/**
* Releases the resources associated with the input.
*/
void close() throws Exception;
/**
* Fetches a chunked data from the stream. Once this method returns the last chunk
* and thus the stream has reached at its end, any subsequent {@link #isEndOfInput()}
* call must return {@code true}.
*
* @return the fetched chunk.
* {@code null} if there is no data left in the stream.
* Please note that {@code null} does not necessarily mean that the
* stream has reached at its end. In a slow stream, the next chunk
* might be unavailable just momentarily.
*/
B readChunk(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;
}