MessageSourceConduit.java

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package org.xnio.conduits;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * A message source conduit.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:david.lloyd@redhat.com">David M. Lloyd</a>
 */
public interface MessageSourceConduit extends SourceConduit {

    /**
     * Receive a message.
     *
     * @param buffer the buffer that will hold the message
     * @return the size of the received message, 0 if no message is available, and -1 if the message channel has reached an end-of-file condition
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    int receive(ByteBuffer dst) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Receive a message.
     *
     * @param buffers the buffers that will hold the message
     * @param offs the offset into the array of buffers of the first buffer to read into
     * @param len the number of buffers to fill
     * @return the size of the received message, 0 if no message is available, and -1 if the message channel has reached an end-of-file condition
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    long receive(ByteBuffer[] dsts, int offs, int len) throws IOException;
}