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package com.google.common.io;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A callback interface to process bytes from a stream.
 *
 * <p>{@link #processBytes} will be called for each chunk of data that is read, and should return
 * {@code false} when you want to stop processing.
 *
 * @author Chris Nokleberg
 * @since 1.0
 */
@Beta
@GwtIncompatible
public interface ByteProcessor<T> {
  /**
   * This method will be called for each chunk of bytes in an input stream. The implementation
   * should process the bytes from {@code buf[off]} through {@code buf[off + len - 1]} (inclusive).
   *
   * @param buf the byte array containing the data to process
   * @param off the initial offset into the array
   * @param len the length of data to be processed
   * @return true to continue processing, false to stop
   */
   // some uses know that their processor never returns false
  boolean processBytes(byte[] buf, int off, int len) throws IOException;

  /** Return the result of processing all the bytes. */
  T getResult();
}
