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package io.netty.handler.codec.http;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufHolder;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
/**
* An HTTP chunk which is used for HTTP chunked transfer-encoding.
* {@link HttpObjectDecoder} generates {@link HttpContent} after
* {@link HttpMessage} when the content is large or the encoding of the content
* is 'chunked. If you prefer not to receive {@link HttpContent} in your handler,
* place {@link HttpObjectAggregator} after {@link HttpObjectDecoder} in the
* {@link ChannelPipeline}.
*/
public interface HttpContent extends HttpObject, ByteBufHolder {
@Override
HttpContent copy();
@Override
HttpContent retain();
@Override
HttpContent retain(int increment);
}