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package org.apache.http.nio.util;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.nio.ContentDecoder;

/**
 * Buffer for storing content streamed out from a {@link ContentDecoder}.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ContentInputBuffer {

    /**
     * Reads content from the given {@link ContentDecoder} and stores it in
     * this buffer.
     *
     * @param decoder the content decoder.
     * @return number of bytes read.
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error.
     */
    int consumeContent(ContentDecoder decoder) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Resets the buffer by clearing its state and stored content.
     */
    void reset();

    /**
     * Reads up to <code>len</code> bytes of data from this buffer into
     * an array of bytes. The exact number of bytes read depends how many bytes
     * are stored in the buffer.
     *
     * <p> If <code>off</code> is negative, or <code>len</code> is negative, or
     * <code>off+len</code> is greater than the length of the array
     * <code>b</code>, this method can throw a runtime exception. The exact type
     * of runtime exception thrown by this method depends on implementation.
     * This method returns <code>-1</code> if the end of content stream has been
     * reached.
     *
     * @param      b     the buffer into which the data is read.
     * @param      off   the start offset in array <code>b</code>
     *                   at which the data is written.
     * @param      len   the maximum number of bytes to read.
     * @return     the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
     *             <code>-1</code> if there is no more data because the end of
     *             the stream has been reached.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Reads one byte from this buffer. If the buffer is empty this method can
     * throw a runtime exception. The exact type of runtime exception thrown
     * by this method depends on implementation. This method returns
     * <code>-1</code> if the end of content stream has been reached.
     *
     * @return one byte
     */
    int read() throws IOException;

}