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package com.google.common.hash;
import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* An object which can send data from an object of type {@code T} into a {@code PrimitiveSink}.
*
* @author Dimitris Andreou
* @since 11.0
*/
@Beta
public interface Funnel extends Serializable {
/**
* Sends a stream of data from the {@code from} object into the sink {@code into}. There
* is no requirement that this data be complete enough to fully reconstitute the object
* later.
*
* @since 12.0 (in 11.0 version, {@code PrimitiveSink} was still called {@code Sink})
*/
void funnel(T from, PrimitiveSink into);
}