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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package org.weakref.jmx.internal.guava.io;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A factory for readable streams of bytes or characters.
 *
 * @author Chris Nokleberg
 * @since 1.0
 * @deprecated For {@code InputSupplier}, use
 *     {@link ByteSource} instead. For {@code InputSupplier},
 *     use {@link CharSource}. Implementations of {@code InputSupplier} that
 *     don't fall into one of those categories do not benefit from any of the
 *     methods in {@code common.io} and should use a different interface. This
 *     interface is scheduled for removal in June 2015.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface InputSupplier {

  /**
   * Returns an object that encapsulates a readable resource.
   * 
   * Like {@link Iterable#iterator}, this method may be called repeatedly to
   * get independent channels to the same underlying resource.
   * 
   * Where the channel maintains a position within the resource, moving that
   * cursor within one channel should not affect the starting position of
   * channels returned by other calls.
   */
  T getInput() throws IOException;
}