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package org.opensolaris.opengrok.analysis;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * This class lets you create {@code InputStream}s that read data from a
 * specific source. It could be used if you need to pass a stream as an
 * argument to a method where the stream may need to be read multiple times.
 * Instead of passing the stream directly, you pass a {@code StreamSource}
 * instance that generates the stream. The receiver may call
 * {@link #getStream()} multiple times, getting a fresh stream each time,
 * so that there may be multiple, concurrent readers that don't interfere
 * with each other.
 */
public abstract class StreamSource {
    /**
     * Get a stream that reads data from the input source. Every call should
     * return a new instance so that multiple readers can read from the source
     * without interfering with each other.
     *
     * @return an {@code InputStream}
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs when opening the stream
     */
    public abstract InputStream getStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Helper method that creates a {@code StreamSource} instance that
     * reads data from a file.
     *
     * @param file the data file
     * @return a stream source that reads from {@code file}
     */
    public static StreamSource fromFile(final File file) {
        return new StreamSource() {
            @Override
            public InputStream getStream() throws IOException {
                return new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
            }
        };
    }
}