/*
* File: TemporalDataReadChannel.java
* Authors: Justin Basilico
* Company: Sandia National Laboratories
* Project: Cognitive Foundry
*
* Copyright February 28, 2008, Sandia Corporation.
* Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive
* license for use of this work by or on behalf of the U.S. Government. Export
* of this program may require a license from the United States Government.
* See CopyrightHistory.txt for complete details.
*
*/
package gov.sandia.cognition.data.temporal;
import gov.sandia.cognition.util.Temporal;
import java.nio.channels.Channel;
/**
* The {@code TemporalDataReadChannel} interface defines the functionality of a
* class for reading temporal data.
*
* @param <DataType> The data that is being read in.
* @author Justin Basilico
* @since 2.1
*/
public interface TemporalDataReadChannel<DataType extends Temporal>
extends Channel
{
/**
* Reads the next value from the data reader.
*
* @return The next value from the data reader.
*/
DataType read();
}