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package org.neo4j.csv.reader;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.neo4j.csv.reader.Source.Chunk;

/**
 * Takes a bigger stream of data and chunks it up into smaller chunks. The {@link Chunk chunks} are allocated
 * explicitly and are passed into {@link #nextChunk(Chunk)} to be filled/assigned with data representing
 * next chunk from the stream. This design allows for efficient reuse of chunks when there are multiple concurrent
 * processors, each processing chunks of data.
 */
public interface Chunker extends Closeable {
    /**
     * @return a new allocated {@link Chunk} which is to be later passed into {@link #nextChunk(Chunk)}
     * to fill it with data. When a {@link Chunk} has been fully processed then it can be passed into
     * {@link #nextChunk(Chunk)} again to get more data.
     */
    Chunk newChunk();

    /**
     * Fills a previously {@link #newChunk() allocated chunk} with data to be processed after completion
     * of this call.
     *
     * @param chunk {@link Chunk} to fill with data.
     * @return {@code true} if at least some amount of data was passed into the given {@link Chunk},
     * otherwise {@code false} denoting the end of the stream.
     * @throws IOException on I/O error.
     */
    boolean nextChunk(Chunk chunk) throws IOException;

    /**
     * @return byte position of how much data has been returned from {@link #nextChunk(Chunk)}.
     */
    long position();
}
