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package org.apach3.http.client.cache;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Generates {@link Resource} instances for handling cached
 * HTTP response bodies.
 *
 * @since 4.1
 */
public interface ResourceFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a {@link Resource} from a given response body.
     * @param requestId a unique identifier for this particular
     *   response body
     * @param instream the original {@link InputStream}
     *   containing the response body of the origin HTTP response.
     * @param limit maximum number of bytes to consume of the
     *   response body; if this limit is reached before the
     *   response body is fully consumed, mark the limit has
     *   having been reached and return a {@code Resource}
     *   containing the data read to that point.
     * @return a {@code Resource} containing however much of
     *   the response body was successfully read.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Resource generate(String requestId, InputStream instream, InputLimit limit) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Clones an existing {@link Resource}.
     * @param requestId unique identifier provided to associate
     *   with the cloned response body.
     * @param resource the original response body to clone.
     * @return the {@code Resource} copy
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Resource copy(String requestId, Resource resource) throws IOException;

}