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package org.xnio.channels;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
import java.nio.channels.GatheringByteChannel;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.xnio.ChannelListener;
/**
* A stream sink channel. This type of channel is a writable destination for bytes. While all channel types are
* thread-safe, writing a stream from more than one thread concurrently will cause data corruption and may be
* disallowed at the option of the implementation.
*/
public interface StreamSinkChannel extends WritableByteChannel, GatheringByteChannel, SuspendableWriteChannel {
/**
* Transfer bytes into this channel from the given file. Using this method in preference to {@link FileChannel#transferTo(long, long, WritableByteChannel)}
* may provide a performance advantage on some platforms.
*
* If the current thread is interrupted when this method is called, it may throw a {@link java.io.InterruptedIOException};
* however, if this exception is thrown, the {@link java.io.InterruptedIOException#bytesTransferred} field is
* guaranteed to be 0.
*
* @param src the file to read from
* @param position the position within the file from which the transfer is to begin
* @param count the number of bytes to be transferred
* @return the number of bytes (possibly 0) that were actually transferred
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
long transferFrom(FileChannel src, long position, long count) throws IOException;
/**
* Transfers bytes from the given channel source. On some platforms, this may avoid copying bytes between user
* and kernel space. On other platforms, bytes are passed through the {@code throughBuffer} parameter's buffer
* space. On entry, {@code throughBuffer} will be cleared. On exit, the buffer will be
* flipped for emptying, and may be empty or may contain data. If this method returns a value less than
* {@code count}, then the remaining data in {@code throughBuffer} may contain data read from {@code source} which must
* be written to this channel to complete the operation. Note that using a direct buffer may provide an
* intermediate performance gain on platforms without zero-copy facilities.
*
* If the current thread is interrupted when this method is called, it may throw a {@link java.io.InterruptedIOException};
* however, if this exception is thrown, the {@link java.io.InterruptedIOException#bytesTransferred} field is
* guaranteed to be 0.
*
* @param source the source to read from
* @param count the number of bytes to be transferred
* @param throughBuffer the buffer to copy through.
* @return the number of bytes (possibly 0) that were actually transferred, or -1 if the end of input was reached
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
long transferFrom(StreamSourceChannel source, long count, ByteBuffer throughBuffer) throws IOException;
/** {@inheritDoc} */
ChannelListener.Setter getWriteSetter();
/** {@inheritDoc} */
ChannelListener.Setter getCloseSetter();
}