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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.databinding;
/**
* Data pipe allows a data source pushes data into its sink and pipe the data into its result
*
* @param The data binding type of the sink
* @param The data binding type of the result
*
* @version $Rev: 656146 $ $Date: 2008-05-14 09:22:08 +0100 (Wed, 14 May 2008) $
*/
public interface DataPipe {
/**
* Returns a sink (for example, java.io.OutputStream, java.io.Writer or org.xml.sax.ContentHandler) to receive data
* pushed by the source
*
* @return The sink to consume data
*/
S getSink();
/**
* Returns the data populated by the sink
*
* @return
*/
R getResult();
}