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package eu.stratosphere.nephele.io.channels.bytebuffered;

import java.io.IOException;

import eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task.AbstractEvent;


public interface ByteBufferedInputChannelBroker {

	public BufferOrEvent getNextBufferOrEvent() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Forwards the given event to the connected network output channel on a best effort basis.
	 * 
	 * @param event
	 *        the event to be transferred
	 * @throws InterruptedException
	 *         thrown if the thread is interrupted while waiting for the event to be transfered
	 * @throws IOException
	 *         thrown if an I/O error occurs while transferring the event
	 */
	void transferEventToOutputChannel(AbstractEvent event) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
}