/*
* Strongback
* Copyright 2015, Strongback and individual contributors by the @authors tag.
* See the COPYRIGHT.txt in the distribution for a full listing of individual
* contributors.
*
* Licensed under the MIT License; you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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*/
package org.strongback;
/**
* A writer used to periodically write data.
*
* @author Randall Hauch
* @see Strongback.Configurator#recordDataTo(java.util.function.Function)
*/
public interface DataWriter extends AutoCloseable {
/**
* Writes the current status of the data channels.
*
* @param time the current time in milliseconds
*/
public void write(long time);
/**
* Frees the resources used by this {@link DataWriter}.
*/
@Override
public void close();
}