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package org.apache.cassandra.io.util;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.BufferType;

/**
 * RandomFileReader component that reads data from a file into a provided buffer and may have requirements over the
 * size and alignment of reads.
 * A caching or buffer-managing rebufferer will reference one of these to do the actual reading.
 * Note: Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe!
 */
public interface ChunkReader extends RebuffererFactory
{
    /**
     * Read the chunk at the given position, attempting to fill the capacity of the given buffer.
     * The filled buffer must be positioned at 0, with limit set at the size of the available data.
     * The source may have requirements for the positioning and/or size of the buffer (e.g. chunk-aligned and
     * chunk-sized). These must be satisfied by the caller. 
     */
    void readChunk(long position, ByteBuffer buffer);

    /**
     * Buffer size required for this rebufferer. Must be power of 2 if alignment is required.
     */
    int chunkSize();

    /**
     * Specifies type of buffer the caller should attempt to give.
     * This is not guaranteed to be fulfilled.
     */
    BufferType preferredBufferType();
}