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27
28 package org.apache.http.nio.util;
29
30 import java.io.IOException;
31
32 import org.apache.http.nio.ContentEncoder;
33
34 /**
35 * Generic content output buffer.
36 *
37 * @since 4.0
38 */
39 public interface ContentOutputBuffer {
40
41 /**
42 * Writes content from this buffer to the given {@link ContentEncoder}.
43 *
44 * @param encoder content encoder.
45 * @return number of bytes written.
46 * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error.
47 *
48 * @deprecated (4.3) use implementation specific methods.
49 */
50 @Deprecated
51 int produceContent(ContentEncoder encoder) throws IOException;
52
53 /**
54 * Resets the buffer by clearing its state and stored content.
55 */
56 void reset();
57
58 /**
59 * @deprecated (4.2) No longer used.
60 */
61 @Deprecated
62 void flush() throws IOException;
63
64 /**
65 * Writes <code>len</code> bytes from the specified byte array
66 * starting at offset <code>off</code> to this buffer.
67 * <p>
68 * If <code>off</code> is negative, or <code>len</code> is negative, or
69 * <code>off+len</code> is greater than the length of the array
70 * <code>b</code>, this method can throw a runtime exception. The exact type
71 * of runtime exception thrown by this method depends on implementation.
72 *
73 * @param b the data.
74 * @param off the start offset in the data.
75 * @param len the number of bytes to write.
76 * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
77 */
78 void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;
79
80 /**
81 * Writes the specified byte to this buffer.
82 *
83 * @param b the <code>byte</code>.
84 * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
85 */
86 void write(int b) throws IOException;
87
88 /**
89 * Indicates the content has been fully written.
90 * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
91 */
92 void writeCompleted() throws IOException;
93
94 }