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 *
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 */
package net.openhft.chronicle.queue;

import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.ReadMarshallable;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The component that facilitates sequentially reading data from a {@link ChronicleQueue}.
 *
 * @author peter.lawrey
 */
public interface ExcerptTailer extends ExcerptCommon {
    /**
     *
     * @param reader
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    boolean readDocument(@NotNull ReadMarshallable reader) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Randomly select an Excerpt.
     *
     * @param index index to look up
     * @return true if this is a valid entries and not padding.
     */
    boolean index(long index) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Randomly select an Excerpt.
     *
     * @param cycle cycle
     * @param index index to look up
     * @return true if this is a valid entries and not padding.
     */
    boolean index(int cycle, long index) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Replay from the lower.
     *
     * @return this Excerpt
     */
    @NotNull
    ExcerptTailer toStart() throws IOException;;

    /**
     * Wind to the upper.
     *
     * @return this Excerpt
     */
    @NotNull
    ExcerptTailer toEnd() throws IOException;;
}
