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 * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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 *
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package com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A component to which streams of data can be written.
 */
public interface DataSink {

  /**
   * A factory for {@link DataSink} instances.
   */
  interface Factory {

    /**
     * Creates a {@link DataSink} instance.
     */
    DataSink createDataSink();

  }

  /**
   * Opens the sink to consume the specified data.
   *
   * @param dataSpec Defines the data to be consumed.
   * @throws IOException If an error occurs opening the sink.
   */
  void open(DataSpec dataSpec) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Consumes the provided data.
   *
   * @param buffer The buffer from which data should be consumed.
   * @param offset The offset of the data to consume in {@code buffer}.
   * @param length The length of the data to consume, in bytes.
   * @throws IOException If an error occurs writing to the sink.
   */
  void write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Closes the sink.
   *
   * @throws IOException If an error occurs closing the sink.
   */
  void close() throws IOException;

}
