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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2009 Google Inc.
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.google.common.io;
     18 
     19 import java.io.IOException;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * A callback interface to process bytes from a stream.
     23  *
     24  * <p>{@link #processBytes} will be called for each line that is read, and
     25  * should return {@code false} when you want to stop processing.
     26  *
     27  * @author Chris Nokleberg
     28  * @since 2009.09.15 <b>tentative</b>
     29  */
     30 public interface ByteProcessor<T> {
     31   /**
     32    * This method will be called for each chunk of bytes in an
     33    * input stream. The implementation should process the bytes
     34    * from {@code buf[off]} through {@code buf[off + len - 1]}
     35    * (inclusive).
     36    *
     37    * @param buf the byte array containing the data to process
     38    * @param off the initial offset into the array
     39    * @param len the length of data to be processed
     40    * @return true to continue processing, false to stop
     41    */
     42   boolean processBytes(byte[] buf, int off, int len) throws IOException;
     43 
     44   /** Return the result of processing all the bytes. */
     45   T getResult();
     46 }
     47