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package org.apache.http.nio;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
/**
* A content encoder capable of transferring data directly from a {@link FileChannel}
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface FileContentEncoder extends ContentEncoder {
/**
* Transfers a portion of entity content from the given file channel
* to the underlying network channel.
*
* @param src the source FileChannel to transfer data from.
* @param position
* The position within the file at which the transfer is to begin;
* must be non-negative
* @param count
* The maximum number of bytes to be transferred; must be
* non-negative
* @throws IOException if some I/O error occurs.
* @return The number of bytes, possibly zero,
* that were actually transferred
*/
long transfer(FileChannel src, long position, long count) throws IOException;
}