/*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 by Volker Bergmann. All rights reserved.
*
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* modification, is permitted under the terms of the
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*
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package org.databene.benerator;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.Flushable;
import org.databene.benerator.wrapper.ProductWrapper;
/**
* Abstraction of an object that consumes (possibly larger quantities of) objects.
* An implementation might keep consumed objects in memory, so a call to flush()
* is necessary from time to time, telling the Consumer, when it is a good time
* for finalizing them.<br/>
* <br/>
* Created: 01.02.2008 16:15:09
* @since 0.4.0
* @author Volker Bergmann
*/
public interface Consumer extends Flushable, Closeable {
void startConsuming(ProductWrapper<?> object);
void finishConsuming(ProductWrapper<?> object);
void flush();
void close();
}