/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.helpers.perftest.support.input;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.rhq.helpers.perftest.support.Input;
/**
* A simple interface used by {@link Input} implementations to get a "fresh" copy of the
* same input stream.
*
* @author Lukas Krejci
*/
public interface InputStreamProvider {
/**
* @return a new input stream corresponding to the same underlying "resource" (e.g. file, URL, ...) each time.
*/
InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException;
}