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package org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent;
import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
import java.io.*;
/**
* A generic abstraction on top of handling content, inspired by JSON and pull parsing.
*/
public interface XContent {
/**
* The type this content handles and produces.
*/
XContentType type();
byte streamSeparator();
/**
* Creates a new generator using the provided output stream.
*/
XContentGenerator createGenerator(OutputStream os) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a new generator using the provided writer.
*/
XContentGenerator createGenerator(Writer writer) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a parser over the provided string content.
*/
XContentParser createParser(String content) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a parser over the provided input stream.
*/
XContentParser createParser(InputStream is) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a parser over the provided bytes.
*/
XContentParser createParser(byte[] data) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a parser over the provided bytes.
*/
XContentParser createParser(byte[] data, int offset, int length) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a parser over the provided bytes.
*/
XContentParser createParser(BytesReference bytes) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a parser over the provided reader.
*/
XContentParser createParser(Reader reader) throws IOException;
}