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package org.xwiki.store;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* A generic thing which provides access to an InputStream on demand.
*
* @version $Id: 561edeb4a6ae8609ee4785ac01514ad6387936b1 $
* @since 3.0M2
*/
public interface StreamProvider
{
/**
* Get the stream provided by this StreamProvider.
*
* @return the stream which this StreamProvider provides.
* @throws Exception if something goes wrong while trying to get the stream.
*/
InputStream getStream() throws Exception;
}