StreamingContent.java

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package com.google.api.client.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Streaming content interface to write bytes to an output stream.
 *
 * <p>
 * Implementations don't need to be thread-safe.
 * </p>
 *
 * @since 1.14
 * @author Yaniv Inbar
 */
public interface StreamingContent {

  /**
   * Writes the byte content to the given output stream.
   *
   * <p>
   * Implementations must not close the output stream, and instead should flush the output stream.
   * Some callers may assume that the the output stream has not been closed, and will fail to work
   * if it has been closed.
   * </p>
   *
   * @param out output stream
   */
  void writeTo(OutputStream out) throws IOException;
}